Our Government, against Religion?

As most of you are aware, the media is running wild with this whole ordeal in Texas about the Polygamist ranch raid. Now let me start off by saying that i do not agree with the Mormon Religion (i don't feel there is anything wrong with their religious beliefs, i just don't agree with it), or even with Polygamist lifestyle.

Now this sect is a spin off of the mainstream Mormon faith, but nonetheless Mormon. Just as the Catholics, Agnostics, Methodists, Baptists, Lutheran, Anglican, etc, etc, etc are all offshoots of the Christian Faith, but they are nonetheless part of the Christian faith. Whats the difference between them all you may ask? Minor beliefs, the main beliefs in Christianity are all the same between, but they all take different parts of the bible as focus on what they say and wrap their church beliefs around that. Catholics believe Mary is the second most important human to live only other to Jesus, and pray to her. Baptist believe that once you believe you are saved. So my point is, it is all the same beliefs taken from the same source just looked at a little different that others do. But i digress.

Now in the beginning of Mormonism, Polygamy was a sanctioned part of the Mormon faith, handed down by the leader Joseph Smith. Some years later it was rescinded by the Church's official due to Society and Government pressure. So this explains (in very general terms) why this sect exists within the Mormon religion.

But now to my main point. This is a religious sect that is basically being persecuted for their beliefs, for no other reason than this, the government and our society says it is wrong. Why does society say it is wrong, because it is a common belief handed down from generation to generation. And as with most people, they are scared of anything that they don't consider to be normal.

I personally believe it was wrong for the government to raid this religious entities ranch. Why? It is Freedom Of Religion. Our Constitution does not guarantee the right to the Freedom of Religion under the pretense that it has to fit a criteria of what mainstream Religion is. NO IT GUARANTEES THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION, the only criteria it has to fit is, it has to be a religion, it has to believe in a higher power (whether is G-d, Krishna, Allah, a tree, a rock, a star, Ra, Zeus, Julius Caesar, Stonehenge, the sun, the air, or any other entity). Just because i do not believe in that religion, does not mean it is not a religion.

I believe that the Constitution gives the right to the Muslims, Jews, Christians, Krishna's, Buddhists, Hindu's and any other religion to act as their beliefs and their higher power/powers command them to do (Yes even if it is Polygamy), regardless of what others believe.

Ask yourself this, would you agree if the government raided your church because it was considered to do something illegal. No you wouldn't agree, and neither would i (even if it wasn't my religion of choice).
As long as the religion was not hurting people, or encroaching on the Constitutional rights of its patrons, then it is time for our Government of Thiefs to leave it alone.



VIVA LIBERTY!