Is Religion Allowed to be Mocked?

By Bryan Cain-Jackson

Does it not always seem like we the “almighty” U.S. of A are fighting someone? There are all kinds of theories on why we’re doing it too. This could get into a debate as to why we are truly in other countries either fighting wars, providing air, or even both. I do not need to mention that we cannot even arrange for ourselves let alone other countries.



It was once said in a more patriotic day, that we the United States of America is the moral center of the world. Really? Seriously? I beg to differ. I think we might have self-labeled ourselves incorrectly. However, I will say that we do have the greatest potential to better ourselves. It should be noted that we still have a long way to go.


The self-labeling of being the moral center is a valid explanation why we don’t let anyone else in the world fight their own fights. Then again, as I have said before, this could be one of many possibilities. I’m not even sure the people who make these decisions always know why.

I do believe that many of these wars are fought to help promote freedom to countries that do not have it the way we do here in the U.S. There are broad social, cultural, and religious differences between our country and that of others; Religion being the most radical of those differences


Here in the U.S. it almost seems like we let our own primary religions to be mocked and disrespected. Many times we are the main contributors to that disrespect through parody or disbelief. This is proof that we are a free country in many respects. The insolence of religious beliefs is a sin punishable by death in some parts of the world. In this country it just gets shrugged off.


If someone were to burn the Holy Bible in this country, nothing would happen. Our own government would not consider this offensive. It definitely would not call for the military to become involved. However, we will get involved if the burning of divine scripture takes place in another land outside of our own. Why do we protect other religions apart from our own? Are our beliefs not sacred to those who practice what they preach? I’m not saying that we should go to war every time Seth McFarlane writes a Jesus, Mormon, or Jehovah’s Witness joke on Family Guy. I just think that we should treat our own beliefs as respectfully as we treat those of others.


I am respectful of all religions and the various cultures that practice them. It is not our fight nor is it our faith with which to concern ourselves. We should first define ourselves as a religious people before fighting for religions in other countries.


How can we observe something that we do not even think should be observed in schools, national anthems, or even in retail celebrated holidays? This is truly backwards.


It is my opinion that much of the battle that we tend to concern ourselves with stems from the fact that other countries are not living the way that we live here. Our government categorizes it as not right. The religious freedoms, freedom of speech, and the choice of mates are all things that we have here. We take these freedoms for granted.


There are many politicians in our country that believe that we are fighting to give these freedoms to those who do not live in what are classified as a free country. I firmly believe that it is not our job to fight a war that is not our own.


This can be something to be considered when we have done the following:


1. Stabilized our economy


2. Restored the confidence of its citizens in our government


3. Restored any grandeur to the sense of patriotism that this country might have once had


Perhaps at this point, it will make better sense.


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