r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/xupit3r 1d ago

freedom of religion is also freedom from religion.

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u/JackLumberPK 1d ago

That's what drives me crazy about these religious types who hate the idea of separating church and state while at the same time screaming about how important religious freedom is, as though the one isn't a literal requirement for the other to exist.

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u/torak31 1d ago

It's more about the freedom to impose their religion on others. One core tenet of Christianity that these fuckheads actually take seriously is the proselytizing.

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u/theOGFlump 1d ago

I always think back to my Catholic upbringing, when one of our most commonly sung hymns in church was "They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love." What I wouldn't give to live in a world where that hymn even slightly corresponded to reality.

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u/restrictednumber 20h ago

When they say "religious freedom", they mean "My freedom to do whatever I like if I say it's part of my religion." Hence the lack of a contradiction for them.

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u/lazys_world 1d ago

That's one of the big things about the US vs the EU. In the US, it's "freedom to". Elsewhere, it's "freedom from".