Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00080)

You wrote:

"I wouldn't consider that violating their belief system; it's more 
along the lines of preventing them from infringing upon other 
peoples' rights."

I fully agree.  But isn't it within some people's belief systems to 
infringe upon other people's rights?  For example, many religious 
belief systems advocate genocide or 'righteous murder'.  An elderly 
friend of mine had his relatives slaughtered due to their ethnicity 
for instance.

Blessings

Vince

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Mark S. Hamilton Jr." 
<waking.adept@...> wrote:
>
> > Isn't it okay to force someone to violate their own
> > belief system against their own free will?
> 
> I wouldn't consider that violating their belief system; it's more 
along  
> the lines of preventing them from infringing upon other peoples' 
rights.
> 
> -Mark H.
> 
> -- 
> Mark S. Hamilton Jr.
> waking.adept@...
>