A Serious Question About Religion

Turkey sucks Islam sucks Religion as a whole sucks. Lets get out of the EU before we allow Turkey in or we'll be in real trouble.

No, it is not right to impose any religious ideology on anyone, but there's nothing wrong with trying to convince others of your position. Unless a person is persuaded to abandon their worldly habits, it's a waste of time to expect that they will give up what they enjoy. If you have to use force, you don't have a good argument for your position which probably means what you're promoting has no value to it. I'm realistic enough to know that unless we change the hearts of people, abortions are here to stay. However, I don't understand how anyone could even think of doing that to the most innocent among us, not even if the mother's life is threatened. No doctor can guarantee that the mother is going to die if she does not abort her baby. The beauty of Christianity is that we are not bound to a written law. Instead we are guided by God's Holy Spirit speaking to our spirit. Here's hoping we pay attention.

No human being has the right to force anyone to choose their religion - According to the Bible, God wants people who search him from free will and love to the truth. That is the true Christian view of it. I like to go to the jw.org site and read articles about how we benefit from following the advice from the Bible, but everyone can choose to follow the advice or not. We all have a free will!!

Turkey (using your example) is not ready to join Europe. The have no open mind, they want to go back in time about 100 years or more. They (government) want to break down the churches in Istanbul for example and do not care about the opinion of others. This shows enough that there is no freedom of opinion, speach, etc. The fact so many turkish people are furious (plus breaking down the country) doesn't care them either. Since I like to make up my own mind and want my children to do so as well, I want others to make up their own mind plus live their own lives as well. Pity enough most people are not able too. Mostly because they are brainwashed by parents, schools, states, etc. I would leave a country like that and surely not turn into the islam and let any man tell me how to behave, dress, what to believe. I agree that christianity (Catholics for example) also abuse people and control the society (how come the Pope is free to say what he wants?). To my opinion believe has nothing to do with a church or churchleader. Those who do sit in church are no better believers as the ones who stay at home. I was raised very religious but I do not believe and I always had doubts. The only thing that is clear to me is that most people need something to believe in, they need it to belong to a club so they feel safer. At this moment I can only say that there is hard to see/find a normal muslim. Someone who is practising his believe in his private life. Since this is how a believe should be. It's something private, something you need for yourself. I also wonder why so many people are forced into it. If you are such a strong believer about your own religion, your own god, you should be happy each day, shining each day and know (have the faith) everything will be alright/fine. There is no need to press others into it or kill in the name of your god.

Religion is not something to be believed in, but something to be lived, something to be experienced...not a belief in your mind but the flavor of your whole being. In the name of religion, in the name of morality, in the name of nationality, people are torturing each other, killing each other. Beautiful names have been found for very pathological, insane things. Insanities are called 'nationalities.' Insanities are called 'moralities.' Beautiful labels on very ugly things.

No, it would mean nothing if the government had to force any faith for that matter. Secondly, a person's belief in God should be a personal confession and not an assumption of something heard or being forced into. When a person decides or recognize their supreme being based on personl experience then then their decision to be true to the God of heaven and earth is a personal decision. Furthermore, not even God force anyone to accept, its a free decision.

It doesn't make sense to force people to adopt a religion.Here respecting and protecting freedom of religion is one of our basic policies.I am an athiest too,but my mother,who is in her 90s,is a convinced Christian.

Well, I don't know enough about Islam and its norms. In my opinion religion is the way to lead us to God. Believers have always built communities since ancient time. These communities needs to have an order and discipline, thus they have created certain rules of behaviour for themselves. The Church have its rules, despite its members who have broken them. I think the choice to be part of a religious community is free, and if you become a member you must be able to follow those rules.