Some will be overjoyed, but are you aware that the EU is considering legislation that will outlaw religion?

thoughts? I'm not surprised.

All religion? Or only Christianity? Buddhism,

Islam, Shinto, Hinduism, etc., are religions. It would

be discrimination to go after only one. Dictatorships

discriminate don't they?

If someone hands out a religious tract, or Christian tract, first...you don't need to take it. They do not

cram it into your hand ,do they? That would not be

right, in my opinion. Do they force you to read it? I have taken

materials to be nice, to see what it was, then I threw it away and I was not angry. The material was directly

against what I believed. I did not riot.

I've had visitors , I did not say where, who were

working for their church, and I welcomed them into my home. I did not allow them to think I agreed with them,

but I listened and was polite. It was my option.

They are exercising their right to freedom of religion.

If there are laws which say they cannot do that,

they are taking the risk deliberately.

I still do not understand why, if people do not believe in God, or Jesus, why they get so upset when others do. They do not get upset when they watch

Superman, or celebrate St. Patrick's Day, or Valentine's day (cupid). If God does not exist, He is a fable, Jesus is a fable, like cupid, or leprechauns, or

superman. Why do they get upset? It would be no more than someone promoting the Easter Bunny.No one

forces Jesus or God onto anyone. I don't.

I ask people if I may give them something, or if I may

say something to them about religion unless it is an open discussion. I don't make fun of others beliefs.

Mine has been made fun of. Oh well. If you come to

my home, I will allow what I please discussed.

I will say what I please, or they can leave. I am talking

of no one in particular, or specifically.

Sometimes I want to know what others believe and

why. Sometimes I have sensory overload. Can't take

any more.

Why would anyone be overjoyed at such a proposal. I am a Christian and I will always be, but I would stand strong for everyone having the freedom to worship as they choose or to not worship if they choose. Outlawing any religion, from a government is wrong. Politicians consider lots of stupid ideas, doesn't mean the people will agree or stand for them. It will not mean people will stop practicing their faith. Religion of all kinds have been around since time began, and will remain until the end of time. Governments, dictatorships, and kings/queens have tried to stamp out religion to no avail. It is impossible to do.

What is the EU, and what business do they have telling people what, and what not to believe? This sounds like total BS, by the way. I've mentioned religious freedoms here before, and what they mean to me. Trying to take our Constitutional rights away from us is an act of war and will not be tolerated.

Rubbish followed by I bet the real story is nothing like advertised followed by where is his link? then I got bored and had a look for myself

Europe's justice ministers have agreed genocide denial and race hatred legislation that will outlaw remarks which are ‘carried out in a manner likely to incite violence or hatred’. This includes publicly inciting to violence or hatred, even by dissemination or distribution of religious tracts, pictures or other material, directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to race, colour, religion, descent or national or ethnic origin.

My thought are now, good I am glad, because I despise people who incite hatred, it makes me feel part of a civilised union of countries, who are not afraid to tell religious nutjobs to sod off.

There are many people over there who are preparing their own torture. They think : If I outlaw all dogs I'll get rid of the pit bulls. But all that will be left will be the pit bulls and they'll be looking for you know who. I am not sorry either. THeir population is in drastic decline, their enemies are on the increase...Get the picture of the future.

I'd have to see some documentation on that. The Bible teaches that in the End Times there will be a universal, One World religion, so I think it's pretty unlikely.

This is the first I heard of it. And if so, I think it's the wrong thing to do. Religion is a way of life for many people (think of priests and nuns who heard the call, for example), and forbidding that would be akin to forbidding nationalities.

I think you (perhaps deliberately?) misread that...some forces within the EU are moving to adopt a requirement that member nations have a secular form of government, mainly, I suspect, in an effort to allow nations such as Turkey to eventually gain full admission so long as they have no laws requiring citizens to worship imaginary gods in any particular way.

This is precisely the sort of government the US is SUPPOSED to have...

Sounds impossible. Outlawing religion is something that CAN'T be done, no matter how hard anyone tries.

You're being misled. It is true that the European Community has a Constitution that nowhere mentions the name of God, which is proper since the old geezer has never shown, but they do not ban religious freedoms.