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» EvilChihuahua - Religious Rights or Be Grateful for What You Have

I've been thinking lately (I know, I'm surprised too) about all these people complaining about their religious rights. On AiG I offen see them complaining about how they haven't got the freedom to teach their worldview in public schools. I go on an Atheist site and see them complain because the word "God" is on their money. I see the Christians bitch about their lack of freedom in public. I see the Muslims, the Hindus, the Mormons, the Scientologists, etc. complaining about their lack of freedom too.

However, I have never heard someone being grateful for the freedom they have now.

A Christian can't preach on city property, but they can still freely open a church to the public. In China, churches are illegal, save for the Government control churches, and people who want to go to church have to make sure they aren't being followed, and even then, throughout the service they're all expecting the secrete police to burst through the doors.

AiG bitch about not being able to take their ideas into public schools, but they should be grateful that they can open a website to the public and sell magazines and even open their Creation Museum.

The Atheists bitch about the word "God" being everywhere, but they should be grateful that they can say "I'm an Atheist" without being burnt at the stake. A Wiccan/pagan can also declear their faith to the public without facing the same fate.

I just think we should be grateful that we live in nations that allow us to believe what we want and that give us freedoms to start with. It's better to have very little freedom than none.

Does anyone agree with me on this or am I the only one?

-- posted by EvilChihuahua