Religion as a form of worship should be banned

Rebuttals: “Foundation of Religion” “. .. .They have beautifully illustrated chapters and imaginative proverbs and moral tales. .. I'm all for creativity. ” As you defined Religion in the previous round via thefreedictionary. com, you defined it as a belief, and another definition from that same site relevant to that quoted statement is that Religion is a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship; it is a set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader. Religious worship is Religion in general, there is no such thing as Religion without worship, because without Religion being an honouring and glorification to a higher supernatural being, then Religion is nothing. If we just make Religion all about creativity, then it’s useless, and soon the creativity will vanish as artists or people cannot find inspiration from Religion. What influenced and inspired the artists who made beautiful Religious art? They’re faith and tremendous belief to Religion, and for them and a huge number of people, religion is a highly important and positive part of their everyday lives, forbidding it can be counter-productive, unreasonable, harmful and highly prejudicial and unlawful to them and I will support these claims in my following arguments. “Dogma” “Heb 11:1 (NEB) "Faith. .. makes us certain of realities we do not see". .. In other words you are told to believe something that has not been proved. Now what does that remind you of? ” ‘Faith’ is such an overrated word, some people misinterpret it, faith is a trust in something, faith in God and faith in yourself is an important aspect of human nature, like ‘I hope I pass the exam to make it to the next grade’ or ‘Please, please, let my father live and survive the surgery’. Faith is considered to be one of the most important values to have in life. There are lots of evidence and arguments supporting the existence of God, but that’s another topic, and if you say that you do not believe in something that hasn’t been proved, then you shouldn’t believe in extraterrestrial beings as you stated in your external view point in the previous round, because there are no evidence that they exist. Just because people have faith is not a reasonable reason to deprive them of Religion. ". .. Yes; we all know how well that worked out for Hitler. The way to combat events like that is for people to think logically, and not have 'faith'. .. ” I can’t seem to understand your point in this matter, but as the website say, those events were a propaganda, and a propaganda is an art of persuasion - persuading others that your 'side of the story' is correct. If you say the Hitler’s atheistic, genocidal and disgraceful way of dictating others on logical and critical thinking is acceptable and an OK-way of enforcing an anti-Religion law, then we would live in an apocalyptic and an ominous society where we human rights is ignored and abolished. "So; can the church ( unlike Hitler ) be trusted? ” “. .. You may say that something like that would not happen again but the fact is, while people take the church's word for everything, it can happen again. .. " Yes, it’s highly unlikely for those things to happen again, and good news that the law has been abolished. You say that people will take the church’s word on everything, but that’s not true, we must consider other Religions and other people’s belief, since most countries are secular ones, where the separation of church and state policy is enforced, there may be times where the government can overrule the church’s objections based on religious grounds since the state has a higher authority, but that doesn’t mean that religion should be banned. Prohibiting religion is entirely and grossly undesirable as I said above, it is also a fundamental right for someone to have it. I will argue further about the secular issues in my arguments below. “An external view point” “Imagine an alien looking at our planet. .. " That statement somewhat suggests thate you believe in extraterrestrials, but there are no known full-proof evidence of life outside Earth. So why believe something that hasn’t been proved? You are also assuming their psychological state and on how they think, how do you know they think like what humans do? And how will you know that they’ll question our sanity, If aliens judge us with what we do in masses because of our gestures, won’t they judge us on how we eat, sleep, talk? Do you know for a fact that aliens do not worship gods or that aliens are against worship? And the whole concept of an alien observing Earth is such an unreasonable and ludicrous way of arguing that Religion should be banned. As I said, there are numerous arguments supporting God’s existence and that saying that it’s imaginatory is naive. We already have a number of people like scientists and philosophers to do those things, examine life, and we do not need to brainwash people and force them on thinking scientifically while their beliefs are ignored and left behind, because it’s such a shameful tactic considering that we live in a society that values morals and rights. But let me ask you this even though it’s rhetorical, will your view on this topic be different if you were raised by strict Catholic parents in Ireland, or raised in a religious Hindu community in India? Arguments: Freedom of Religion As I said in my previous statements, banning Religion is undesirable, harmful and best of all, unlawful. In accordance to International Law, signed by a vast majority of countries, the freedom of religion is protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). [1][2] [2] Article 18 of the ICCPR specifically states that everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, the right to manifest his/her religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching. It also states that “no one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. ”. .. . Making it Banned from the public and forcing people away from it is illegal and may be subject to legal action by the ICC. A notable example of states protecting the freedom of Religion is the USA, under the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution and prohibits any law interfering or violating that right. [3] In my previous rebuttal about Ireland, I mentioned that there are secular countries [4], and there are secular laws concerning the separation of Church and State, where the separation policy is enforced according to most countries. We have Secular Laws even though it conflicts with Freedom of Religion, as long as it is necessary to protect society, which is according to the ICCPR, that there are limitations when Religion is in conflict with the state. [5] When we disregard these rights and ban Religion, then a responsible government can be liable for violating these rights and legal actions will be filed, the legal outcome would be bad, and who knows, the United Nations would probably collapse causing a great conflict on nations, these causes a negative impact on society, rallies and protest will increase, non-stop mayhem will happen and possibly, a massive world war can occur. Banning it will cause no good, it may worsen the situation but believe it or not, people will still have faith and will still worship their God no matter what. So, in conclusion, I’ve said it numerous times and I’ll say it again, Religion is an important and fundamental right, its values and morals are an important aspect of life to a huge majority of people and depriving them of Religion is unlawful, illegal and highly prejudicial, it is considered a discrimination to people and a violation of human rights and can cause a negative impact on society when it is banned. I end my arguments for now, good luck to my opponent. Sources: Please See Comments.