Pharyngula’s first rule regarding religion

Spurred by news of a distressing incident occurring in Jerusalem, Pharyngula announces his basic rule regarding religion.

This is something too many religious people fail to understand — you can practice your religion, other people can practice their religion, but you don’t get to tell other people that they must practice your religion.

Sounds good to me.  It couldn’t be clearer. Maybe we should add it to the First Amendment for those who are having trouble understanding the existing text.

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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    Mark

    This reminds me of a corollary from Dave Barry: People who want to share their religious beliefs with you almost never want you to share your religious beliefs with them.

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