Blog Event: The Biggest Threat to Religious Freedom

The biggest threat to religious freedom in the world is obviously the Zionist world conspiracy. It's not the Christians, Muslims, or the atheists, but the Jews we have to watch out for.

In all seriousness, I think ascribing one solitary ideology to the global demise of religious freedom is unrealistic. It varies region to region. In some nations renouncing Islam is a death sentence, while in others speaking critically of Christianity is a pretty good way of getting a fat lip.

How about in the United States? What is the biggest threat here in our own nation? Well, I'm not quite sure. Atheistic communism is just silly and radical Islam is only a perceived threat in a nation with so few Muslims.

I took both totalitarian secularism and Christian theocracy into serious consideration. With both the Obama administration's attitude towards contraceptives and past Supreme Court rulings, it is entirely possible a desire to secularize religious practices is at issue. In a case against Mormon polygamy the Supreme Court ruled the government has the authority to regulate religious practices, though people were still free to believe whatever they want. Of course, this type of ruling is necessary for a civilized society, or else any religious nut could make an appeal to the First Amendment while committing egregious acts. However, and though I think certain Christian denominations might be overreacting, I think Obama is abusing government authority to regulate a religious practice that's not particularly unreasonable.

Perhaps this Obama-nation (abomination - I stole the joke) is an isolated case of the government outstretching its legal power to regulate religion? I really don't know. As such, let's go on to consider Christian theocracy.

It is no secret the majority of Americans identify as Christian. Of course, the only real qualification for being a Christian is to believe there was a guy named Jesus roughly 2000 years ago who supposedly did something important. Regardless, the more vocal within this mob are determined to have their say in how our society is run. Be it trying to sneak creationism into the classroom, opposing gay marriages, or proposing biblical law should mesh with secular law, a significant body of Christians are determined to legitimize only their convictions in public policy.

So perhaps there are two forces at work inside of the United States? Perhaps both totalitarian secularism and Christian theocracy are trying to snuff out religious freedom?