Islam, Burglary, and Other Religions

     There exists, in the United States Constitution, the First Amendment that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."  However, how does one define religion?  Is religion simply a group of people declaring that they are directed by "God", no matter what beliefs and activities are associated with it?  Must the American government abstain from interfering with all those who declare themselves religious--no matter what follows?

To illustrate the point I want to make, imagine a ring of thieves.  The leader of this burglary group writes a book about his beliefs and declares that he was inspired by "God".  The plans he has for a big heist are the will of "God"; and no one can oppose it without violating the burglars' religion.  It is written that: "There is only one God, and the burglar is his prophet."  When the American government confronts the burglary believers, they argue that it cannot interfere with the group in any way because of Freedom of Religion in America.

Do you see something wrong with this?  It is not the declaration of "God" related activities that protects people.  It is the existence of "God" declared activities that are also in accordance with the rest of the Constitution, and, secondarily, lower law that prevents government from interfering with them.

So, apply this argument to the "religion" of islam.  muslims teach toddlers to hate America and the West (which alone is actually not illegal).  But, when you combine that antagonism with what the koran preaches, it negates any kind of Freedom of Religion protection that a civil religion, such as Christianity, maintains.

I mean, seriously, do you really think that the American Constitution legalizes: offensively killing "non-believers" with swords and guns, intimidating those who survive into forced conversion to islam, killing off those who have some rational integrity after they have surrendered, cutting off heads as a standard execution tactic, taking all the private property away from the ones who are left living, beginning a process of indoctrinating the new geography that is conquered, and then continuing the spread of the virus of islam forward into history?

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Special thanks to Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) for being the fuel of my mind