Do you think freedom of religion is important in this country?
Do you realize that freedom of Religion is rooted in Christianity??? Want to try building a Church in a Sharia Compliant Country?????
Simply not true.
It is rooted in the Enlightenment.
Actually while our modern interpretation of freedom of religion can be traced to that period, the roots of religious tolerance go back much, much further than that. It was seen in some form in many advanced societes long before the time of Christ. Read up on the practices of the Roman Republic, for one. The Persians, Ethiopians, by some accounts the Minoans, the list goes on....freedom or at least tolerance of thought and belief seems to be a hallmark of advanced civilization through the ages. Placing restrictions on belief and religious practice, in contrast, seems to be a mark of civilzations in distress, decline or which have never become advanced in the first place. It signifies a need to establish and maintain ultimate control through fear of the eternal. Advanced civilizations have no need for that level of control over their people.