> does not mean that you have carte-blanche authority to do whatever crazy stuff your religion asks you to do And how shall we decide what constitutes "crazy s

> does not mean that you have carte-blanche authority to do whatever crazy stuff your religion asks you to do And how shall we decide what constitutes "crazy stuff"? In Daniel 6:4-9, it was decided that it was unlawful to make a petition to any god or man except the king. In fact, this was done explicitly to provide an excuse to persecute Daniel. To help illuminate the issue, what if Hinduism required nose piercing at 8 days, instead of Jews with circumcision? Some in this thread find piercing babies to be wrong, while others find it acceptable. Who gets to decide? And what about the poor Hindu who is now jailed for the practice? It's ironic to me how easy people find it to run merrily down this slippery slope, and yet complain so readily when their own freedoms are infringed.