Attempting to tell you about their beliefs is different from forcing them on you, of course.
Advertisers attempt to tell me about their products endlessly, and in a much more forceful fashion than most most people who would tell others about ther religion, about issues ostensibly far less important. While watching a program, my viewing is interrupted every 7 - 10 minutes with 3 or 4 minutes of information about things I care nothing about, and it happens repeatedly with liitle recourse. I agree that once you've told someone you wish to hear no more, that should be the end of the discussion. On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:48 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > Many who demand respect for their free exercise of religion most vocally are > unwilling to grant that same respect to those who do not wish to acknowledge > the supremacy of their particular sect. > > I have encountered too many instances where "freedom of religion" is the > true believer's justification for imposing their beliefs on others; for > attempting to FORCE their beliefs on me. > > Too many instances where bigoted zealots won't accept NO, and won't leave me > alone to go about my business. > > > Re: PESO - Distributors of Tracts >> >> So? What's your point? They're merely exercising the freedoms that are >> granted them by living in what we call a 'free society'. As you said, >> you're free to practice no religion or to hold no religious belief, >> but not to prevent others from doing so. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:34 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> > Doesn't mean *I* have to take them seriously. >>> > >>> > First Amendment (yeah, I know they're in Canada and the US Constitution >>> > doesn't mean anything there ... but go with it) - anyway, First >>> > Amendment >>> > guarantee of the right to freedom of religion also guarantees my right >>> > to >>> > freedom FROM religion. >>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
