Religious freedom case heads to Missouri state Supreme Court

[KCfromNC]

Missouri abortion lawsuit heading to state Supreme Court

Looks like a good test to see if sincere religious beliefs really do exempt people from following the law. People hoping that businesses can refuse service to minority groups should hope the plaintiff succeeds here.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I wonder how this ruling would impact waiting periods on firearm purchases.

 

[Goonie]

Satanism is not a religion, its an abomination. The plaintiff should be lynched, as should those who would take the right for Christians to refuse to compromise their beliefs.

Thank you for sharing your pro-murder viewpoint.

 

[Circumcised_Heart]

Thank you for sharing your pro-murder viewpoint.

Yeah, you are right, I apologise. Lynching is a little hard, and I don't condone murder. But certainly subject to a trial by jury, rather than some unaccountable judge in a back room.

 

[Goonie]

Yeah, you are right, I apologise. Lynching is a little hard, and I don't condone murder. But certainly subject to a trial by jury, rather than some unaccountable judge in a back room.

For what crime? Last time I checked satanism is just as legal as Christianity.

 

[Circumcised_Heart]

For what crime? Last time I checked satanism is just as legal as Christianity.

Abortion. I don't care whether the government considers Stanism a religion, it should be outlawed same as terrorism.

 

[Shiloh Raven]

Thank you for sharing your pro-murder viewpoint.

Not to mention his apparent Christian viewpoint. So much for loving your neighbor and your enemies.

 

[lasthero]

Lynching is a little hard,

A little?

Just a little?

 

[Shiloh Raven]

For what crime? Last time I checked satanism is just as legal as Christianity.

"Religious Freedom for Me but Not for Thee" seems to have become the common theme among many right wing evangelical Christians when it comes to Satanists having religious freedom in America too. It's ironic how some right wing Christians will complain about how Christian religious freedom is being violated because Christians aren't being allowed to discriminate against homosexuals based upon their religious convictions, but then these same Christians say things like Satanism should be outlawed.

 

[Belk]

Abortion. I don't care whether the government considers Stanism a religion, it should be outlawed same as terrorism.

All you need to do is come up with a way to designate a non sentient fetus as a "person" while excluding every other non sentient being. Good luck.

 

[Circumcised_Heart]

All you need to do is come up with a way to designate a non sentient fetus as a "person" while excluding every other non sentient being. Good luck.

Why? Murder is murder, irrespective of whether the man or woman killed was legally identified as a person. I don't care for the little games played by the devil and his agents. God's laws are sovereign to such silly rules, and one day, He will return to judge.

 

[cow451]

I wonder how this ruling would impact waiting periods on firearm purchases.

I didn’t realize guns were a religion.

 

[Belk]

Why? Murder is murder, irrespective of whether the man or woman killed was legally identified as a person. I don't care for the little games played by the devil and his agents. God's laws are sovereign to such silly rules, and one day, He will return to judge.

Because that is the way the law works. I don't care about your God or your religious beliefs. You want to change the law you get to deal with human reasoning.

 

[Hank77]

Missouri abortion lawsuit heading to state Supreme Court

Looks like a good test to see if sincere religious beliefs really do exempt people from following the law. People hoping that businesses can refuse service to minority groups should hope the plaintiff succeeds here.

The Salem, Massachusetts-based Satanic Temple doesn’t believe in a literal Satan but sees the biblical Satan as a metaphor for rebellion against tyranny, said Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Satanic Temple.

Hmm...that does not appear to be a religious belief but more of a political statement.

 

[AirPo]

Why? Murder is murder, irrespective of whether the man or woman killed was legally identified as a person. I don't care for the little games played by the devil and his agents. God's laws are sovereign to such silly rules, and one day, He will return to judge.

Abortion is not murder.

 

[Rion]

Thank you for sharing your pro-murder viewpoint.

I saw the thread earlier, before anyone posted in it. Then I clicked again, and instead of hoping to the second post, it went to yours.

I was like "Eh, the post seemed kind of baity but how do you get pro-murder out of it? "

 

[Goonie]

I saw the thread earlier, before anyone posted in it. Then I clicked again, and instead of hoping to the second post, it went to yours.

I was like "Eh, the post seemed kind of baity but how do you get pro-murder out of it? "

Lynching? Implies killing people without lawful trial, ergo murder.

 

[Rion]

Lynching? Implies killing people without lawful trial, ergo murder.

I know, but because the site skipped past the first few replies I thought you were quoting KC.

 

[Goonie]

I know, but because the site skipped past the first few replies I thought you were quoting KC.

Ah, got you. Misread.

 

[Dawnhammer]

Satanism is not a religion

It gets bit tricky when you have to prove in court something is religion or not.

Although they have done it

Worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not a real religion, court rules

The essence of this action," the state wrote, "is that prison officials believe the Plaintiff is not sincere in his religious beliefs about a flying lump of spaghetti that first created 'a mountain, trees, and a midget.'"

So labeling something as not religion it was only necessary to believe they were not sincere.

Somebody passing truth test in believing Flying Spaghetti Monster would make this religion?

Interesting stuff.