the point i was trying to make, that with religion , not everybody has the same god, and CC might be referring to the Christian form of God ( who is in theory the same one as for Judisme and/or Islam)
but even that one and the same god, is beeing interpretated differently.
and i'm not even talking Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, or tribal deities, such as perhaps Lono the god of War...
this obviously is the best case against religious ranting outside the privacy of ones house, or church...
making it illegal to bother people with your religious ideas in theory should not be in conflict with freedom of speech
i rate it the same as forbidding some stalker to harras his victim any further over the phone...
freedom of speech , fine, you are free to speak religion in your house and or church, if anyone is intrested, then that somebody can come to your place, or invite you cordially to his place..
obviously , such ethics SHOULD not be regulated by law, and SHOULD ideally be governed by the religious rules, and in most cases they ARE
but also obviously, religion is more often then not abused by big ego's, who make their own interpretation that lacks ethics...
now to think this can be regulated by law, would be naiive, because of all things, most religions are based on fear, and the fear that they will be at all limited in their freedom to believe in hell just makes them slightly irate, there's no better unifyier then fear, as is prooven by how politicians get their people to vote for them , and take hardship just because they have an external enemy...which is a good Goering quote as well.. look it up if you will
realistically it is allready regulated by the seperation of church and state, and in most countries that's enough, but unfurtonately in the US , the seperation is very vague... and lobby groups have a lot of power... in European countries, most of these things would not go via lobby groups, but via multiple political parties, and the influence of religion would be a lot more diluted by the time the election is over...and as coalition majorities are formed through compromises
and just like with Gay pride parades, the populace could agree for each religion to have it's day in the sunshine... call it
PR of ones religion/movement...
let the Gay folks have their day
and the Christians can have theirs
same for Buddhists
Hindu's
Jew's
Muslims
and even an Atheist day
make em known, so those who are not into the event , can make other arrangements, such as playing scrabble at home
or travel abroad or what not...
they are not mutually exclusive, it's not be cause it's hindu day that a christian is not welcome
and it's not because it's a christian day that everybody has to proove that he's not a pooftah..
but it does mean that if you go to the other gangs parade, you will not harras them with your ideology if you don't agree..
either you go , and you play nice
or you don't go
i think that Budhists are best off, because they are tolerant by belief and never cause any trouble, which means nobody botheres them in return...
in fact, i think i'm gonna join their gang...
just look at the Dalai Lama , and then look at the Pope , or all the other religious leaders
who's the guy who looks the most at ease with his existance?
who seems peacefull?
who looks happier?