“But nobody is going to jail for their heretical opinions.” This is not true. You don’t have to look hard for examples of people being jailed in the US for hol

“But nobody is going to jail for their heretical opinions.” This is not true. You don’t have to look hard for examples of people being jailed in the US for holding unorthodox positions. Defining heresy as “a position they damages trust,” implies that an accused heretic is at fault for believing something that “damages trust.” That is entirely subjective relative to the one whose trust was damaged. Society has claimed heresy to suppress political and religious opponents since the beginning of human history. We have also shown a track record of being very wrong with regard to how we define heresy in the past. Why should we believe that we are any better than our ancestors on this front?