Of course, these dining freedoms are not total. A rare steak will have to be bloody in the middle, diners must wear shirts, and insulting other customers will not be tolerated. As much as freedom appears to be essential to happiness, many of the leisure activities we enjoy become pleasurable by virtue of their governing rules.
Sports are an obvious example.
Without bases, a baseball game would be impossible to score. In fact, rules make the pleasure of competition possible. The same goes for brainier enjoyments such as reading or music. If authors use words in ways different from standard dictionary definitions, or if composers depart from certain musical conventions, the possibility of reading or playing with comprehension becomes impossible. The Christian faith is not a form of art, much less a kind of sport.