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> How is someone’s religious choice considered an immutable and “born with” trait? If the penalty for changing your religion is death, then it is almost immuta
by Viliam1234 8y ago
> How is someone’s religious choice considered an immutable and “born with” trait?
If the penalty for changing your religion is death, then it is almost immutable. And children usually don't have much choice about the religion, so it is almost as if they were born with it.
Just playing a Devil's advocate.
- megous 8y agoYes, the world is complicated. :) But it would still not be a born with trait. Perhaps some propensity to accept religious beliefs might be a born with trait. People can also say something and think a differnt thing. Also while someone may identify with Islam, it could mean very differnt things in real terms, as you can see from various sects and interpretations, and real world behavior of believers. So what is really being protected? Also, clearly if you are a ISIS member, your religion is not a protected trait despite many of the memebers being quite Islamist, idealistic and devoted to the ideas much more than many of the regular muslims. Your attitudes toward religion are suddenly also not viewed as unchangeable, if you look at various deradicalisation programs. Not by anyone, mind you, there are people who think that all ISIS memebers should just be killed, and that that's the only way.