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And in the united states it does. A religion is any deeply held belief. That's the only standard.

ryandrake 5y ago
But where do you draw the line? What if I have a deeply held religious belief that human sacrifice is required by god? Can I then go around killing people? There’s got to be some kind of limit.
- wyattpeak 5y ago
  There are plenty of lines around what rights a genuinely held belief entitles you to. What the parent is saying is that there is no line between religious and other deeply-held beliefs.
- judge2020 5y ago
  You draw the line at taxes. > Members of certain religious groups (including the Amish and Mennonites) may be exempt from paying Social Security taxes. To become exempt, they must: > Be a member of a religious sect that makes a reasonable provision of food, shelter and medical care for its dependent members and has done so continuously since December 31, 1950; https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02411 https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02411
- iammisc 5y ago
  There is endless jurisprudence on this topic. Basically the government draws the line at where your beliefs affect others and there are different levels of urgency the government must show to trample on religious rights depending on the risk to the counterparty.
  - colejohnson66 5y ago
    This. If my beliefs/“religion” say I can’t be fingerprinted, that’s fine. But if my beliefs say I need to sacrifice newborn babies on an altar, that’s not ok, and I will be charged with murder.
  - jobigoud 5y ago
    > Basically the government draws the line at where your beliefs affect others Circumcision shows that this is not even the case.
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jhgb 5y ago
> A religion is any deeply held belief. I deeply believe in the existence of gravity. I guess that makes me a Scientitian.
- iammisc 5y ago
  And if a civic action depended on your belief in gravity, which was a belief the government did not share, then this would be relevant.

But where do you draw the line? What if I have a deeply held religious belief that human sacrifice is required by god? Can I then go around killing people? There’s got to be some kind of limit.

wyattpeak 5y ago
There are plenty of lines around what rights a genuinely held belief entitles you to. What the parent is saying is that there is no line between religious and other deeply-held beliefs.
judge2020 5y ago
You draw the line at taxes. > Members of certain religious groups (including the Amish and Mennonites) may be exempt from paying Social Security taxes. To become exempt, they must: > Be a member of a religious sect that makes a reasonable provision of food, shelter and medical care for its dependent members and has done so continuously since December 31, 1950; https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02411 https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-02411
iammisc 5y ago
There is endless jurisprudence on this topic. Basically the government draws the line at where your beliefs affect others and there are different levels of urgency the government must show to trample on religious rights depending on the risk to the counterparty.
- colejohnson66 5y ago
  This. If my beliefs/“religion” say I can’t be fingerprinted, that’s fine. But if my beliefs say I need to sacrifice newborn babies on an altar, that’s not ok, and I will be charged with murder.
- jobigoud 5y ago
  > Basically the government draws the line at where your beliefs affect others Circumcision shows that this is not even the case.
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jhgb 5y ago

> A religion is any deeply held belief. I deeply believe in the existence of gravity. I guess that makes me a Scientitian.

iammisc 5y ago
And if a civic action depended on your belief in gravity, which was a belief the government did not share, then this would be relevant.