The First Amendment grants the freedom of speech, assembly, petition, press, and religion. However there are some who stretch the limitations of this law.

In a country with a diverse religion ratio of 78.4 percent Christianity, 1.7 percent Jewish, .7 percent Buddhist, 2.3 percent other, 16.1 percent unaffiliated, and .8 percent unsure, it’s understandable that people will disagree on what they believe in, whether it’s God, Buddha, or something else. However it is not okay when you make your disagreement with someone’s beliefs apparent.

It is true that in some religions it’s encouraged, even expected, to spread the word and educate others on your faith. However this goes only to a certain extent. If an individual asks you to elaborate on what you believe, then by all means, inform them. But prancing around, raging about your faith, disheartening others around you, is when religious belief becomes a problem.

A verse in the Bible states “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.’” This is an example of how some religions ask that its followers spread their faith and to some extent, Christians are a big advocate of making their beliefs apparent. However I know atheists, Jews, and I have even met some people who are Buddhist, who have all expressed the belief that their religion is superior to my religion, Christianity.

I’ve been a Christian all my life. I celebrate Christmas, attend church, pray when in difficult situations but you know what I don’t do? I don’t impose my beliefs on others. I realize that we all come from different backgrounds and were all raised on different systems of belief but that does not give anyone the right to criticize someone about their spiritual lives.

All I am saying is that we all believe in different things and that’s sort of awesome, isn’t it? One person can believe in multiple superior beings and another only worships the big man in the sky. So why bother someone about their religion when it’s 1) none of your business 2) their right according to the First Amendment and 3) kind of beautiful that you have this difference that a person can possibly learn from.