One of americas greatest assets and strongest points of attraction is its religious freedom. Now to a modern American this is almost a given, but the US was established in a time when not all beliefs were accepted, and some beliefs even forced upon people. The founding fathers knew that if they were to form one of the strongest nations the world has ever seen, and unify the people they had to cast out the ways of past and current nations. The path to success was paved by every word written in the bill of rights, although many amendments have been made, it was only in the name of progress according to time. The first amendment reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” now one must ask his/herself why so much depth to something so simple? couldn’t someone just say “If you live in america you may have any religion”, but the founding fathers wanted complete assurance that no religion, no matter the practice or form of worship could not be challenged by some grey area. It’s rather amazing how even in such a simple time, they knew that people might try to challenge even the slightest weakness in this crucial …show more content…
The government nor anyone else should have a say in ones individuals beliefs. So in-turn a government (in the opinion of Thomas Jefferson a man who has contributed to America in very positive ways) that has absolutely no say in ones religion. This has worked so well that modern American people have nearly forgotten the beauty of our religious freedom, and how it has brought us as a people so close together in our mutual desire to believe in whatever we choose to believe