PHILOS 1C03 Lecture 12: 16/3/2016 1BO3
6 Apr 2016
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Tolerations: allow the existence of something, accepting it without interference. Religion: belief in and worship of some controlling power. Because a religious belief, as such, can neither be commanded by law, nor failure to adopt such a belief punished by law. The state cannot command someone to believe something, nor can it punish someone for not believing something. Civil power, right and dominion, is bounded and confined to the only care of promoting these things and that it neither can nor ought in any manner to be extended to the salvation of souls. The state should only concern itself with securing and preserving civil interests. That is the power of the state should be limited to securing fundamental and universal freedoms rights and freedoms and not determining the incidental and particular content of such rights and freedoms. The state cannot coerce someone into believing something. Everyone should have a right to freedom of religion and conscience.
