--- On Tue, 8/17/10, Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Can a believer in a monotheistic religion be compelled to believe > that "all religions are equal"? >
Nobody can be compelled to believe anything in free secular democracy. But people have the freedom to persuade others to believe or not to believe, and peacefully convert them to their own beliefs or lack thereof. > > * In what way is a secularism (where the State is expected > to be neutral to all religions) related to the belief that "all > religions are equal" or otherwise? --FN > In a secular country the state is supposed to treat all religious beliefs as equal, and not look favorably upon any particular set of beliefs. So back to my original question again. Why is "all religions are equal" a wrong concept in a secular country? Cheers, Santosh
