Be Legitimately Drawn To Distinguish Between Religious Beliefs Essay

Is there a line that can be legitimately drawn to distinguish between religious beliefs that are intolerable from those that must be tolerated? I believe that there is a clear line between religious practices that are intolerable from those that are tolerated. When looking at different religious groups in the United States, it’s a real mixing pot. Religion should not bind others, not attached to that religion, to certain belief systems. Whether it be at work, school or any other public area, religion should be kept separate from common day living. The primary reason that I believe that there is a clear line is because I believe that everyone’s personal beliefs should not be forced onto others. Religion is a very touchy subject. With each group believing that they’re right, they also believe that others have to be wrong. It’s not …show more content…
There is a line that can be drawn to distinguish between tolerable and intolerable beliefs and practices. The line is: does the practice of following your religious belief interfere, in any meaningful way, with another person's life. This is the line that should not be crossed, no person, for any non-fact based reason should be compelled to do anything by another person. Every religion throughout history is notorious for compelling the people within and without its influence to act, think, perceive in certain ways, through the use of force. In many parts of history, it is true, that the influence was based on merely the “way things were.” Meaning that so much of the populace had decided to act in a certain way due to their religious beliefs that even those who held none of those beliefs fell into line. This is in all ways acceptable. If this is how religious beliefs had spread and worked, no one would have an issue with its power, because the power on a single individual could be stymied merely by that individual deciding to act, think or perceive in another