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HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION

Over the centuries, we have extended human rights but this has sometimes been in the face of fierce opposition from religious groups. I have devised a simple test to see how religion affects people's attitudes to human rights.

Please answer the 10 questions below. Award yourself 1 point for each question you answer YES to, and no points if you answer NO. Then comment below and tell us your SCORE and your RELIGION or lack thereof.

1 Should we be free to change our religion or have no religion?

2 Should we be free to publicly criticise any religion or belief system?

3 Should adult gay couples be free to live together openly?

4 Should it be a crime to have non-consensual sex with women captured during a war?
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5 Should everyone have equal rights in law regardless of their religion or lack of religion?

6 Should it be common assault, punishable by law, if a man strikes his wife?

7 Should men & women have equal legal rights in divorce?

8 Should men and women have equal legal rights in inheritance?

9 Should men and women be treated equally in a court of law?

10 Should men and women have equal access to primary and higher education?
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I suspect religious background has more effect on attitudes to human rights than age, education, income or gender. Of course, to test this hypothesis I would need a large sample and to ask more demographic questions. So I can't test my hypothesis but I will predict that most atheists will score 10; Christians will have a slightly lower average score than atheists and Muslims will lag some way behind Christians.

To see if I'm right, take the test!

To get you started, I'm an atheist and I scored 10.

Bill Flavell

deezzle:
1 Should we be free to change our religion or have no religion?

YES!!!!

2 Should we be free to publicly criticise any religion or belief system?

YES!!!!

3 Should adult gay couples be free to live together openly?

UNDECIDED

4 Should it be a crime to have non-consensual sex with women captured during a war?

YES!!!! BUT I wonder why the focus on women, what about men captured in wars?

5 Should everyone have equal rights in law regardless of their religion or lack of religion?

YES!!!!!

6 Should it be common assault, punishable by law, if a man strikes his wife?

YES!!! AND ALSO WHEN REVERSE IS THE CASE I.E A WOMAN HITS A MAN!!!!

7 Should men & women have equal legal rights in divorce?

YES!!!!!

8 Should men and women have equal legal rights in inheritance?

YES!!!!!

9 Should men and women be treated equally in a court of law?

YES!!!!!!

10 Should men and women have equal access to primary and higher education?

YES!!!!

You got 9. Please state your religion and your score.

Thanks

deezzle:
You got 9. Please state your religion and your score.

Thanks

atheist, non religious, Humanist, Pastafarian

10 points for me...

Yes to all for me. Am an athiest.

kevoh:
10 points for me...

Your religion or otherwise please

deezzle:
Your religion or otherwise please

Atheist...

I stand for people to be able to make all the choices they wish to make without religious compulsion of any kind.
That is what my bible teaches.

Yes to all.
Atheist.

[quote author=deezzle post=57272309]HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION

Over the centuries, we have extended human rights but this has sometimes been in the face of fierce opposition from religious groups. I have devised a simple test to see how religion affects people's attitudes to human rights.

Please answer the 10 questions below. Award yourself 1 point for each question you answer YES to, and no points if you answer NO. Then comment below and tell us your SCORE and your RELIGION or lack thereof.

1 Should we be free to change our religion or have no religion?

2 Should we be free to publicly criticise any religion or belief system?

3 Should adult gay couples be free to live together openly?

4 Should it be a crime to have non-consensual sex with women captured during a war?
.
5 Should everyone have equal rights in law regardless of their religion or lack of religion?

6 Should it be common assault, punishable by law, if a man strikes his wife?

7 Should men & women have equal legal rights in divorce?

8 Should men and women have equal legal rights in inheritance?

9 Should men and women be treated equally in a court of law?

10 Should men and women have equal access to primary and higher education?
.

I suspect religious background has more effect on attitudes to human rights than age, education, income or gender. Of course, to test this hypothesis I would need a large sample and to ask more demographic questions. So I can't test my hypothesis but I will predict that most atheists will score 10; Christians will have a slightly lower average score than atheists and Muslims will lag some way behind Christians.

To see if I'm right, take the test!

To get you started, I'm an atheist and I scored 10.

Bill Flavell yes to akk

Yes to all

1 Should we be free to change our religion or have no religion?

YES.. Freedom of choice.

2 Should we be free to publicly criticise any religion or belief system?

NO... The world doesnt revolve around your own religion/belief so you have no moral justification to criticise someone else's religion/belief. You were not born with a religion,you were born into one

3 Should adult gay couples be free to live together openly?

YES.. Same way straight couples are allowed to live together openly. Equality.

4 Should it be a crime to have non-consensual sex with women captured during a war?

YES.. Also for men captured in war as well
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5 Should everyone have equal rights in law regardless of their religion or lack of religion?

YES. We are humans first,religion is secondary

6 Should it be common assault, punishable by law, if a man strikes his wife?

YES.. Also when a woman strikes her husband

7 Should men & women have equal legal rights in divorce?

YES

8 Should men and women have equal legal rights in inheritance?

YES

9 Should men and women be treated equally in a court of law?

YES

10 Should men and women have equal access to primary and higher education?

YES.

9/10
Traditionalist / Free-thinker