Where Do My Rights as a Christian End?

Where do my rights began as a Christian?  There seems to be this uproar of Christians rights in the USA. Christians feel like their rights are being trampled on by non believers. This is my take on this subject. I am a born again conservative Christian.

I am also an American. As as American, my beliefs in God are just that, my beliefs. My rights end where yours began. As a Christian, I want to share God and his word with the world. One way of sharing is the way you live your life as a Christian. God's love will make you kinder, more loving, and more forgiving. If you live your life as a Christian, you will stand out in this world. We need to share the Bible. There is a difference with sharing what you believe and condemning someone with your beliefs. You are not God! You need to be worried about the sin in your life. Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"

I do not have the right as an American to go around verbally attacking people that do not believe the way I do. The United States was formed when many of the English speaking peoples on the Western shore of the Atlantic Ocean renounced the authority of the King and Parliament of Great Britain. The English lived in colonies, under governments authorized by the King.  We need to remember why the English sailed for the Colonies. 


The most popular reason was the pursuit of religious liberty.  When they lived in England, the Church of England was an official church. The King was the head of the Church of England. If you disagreed with official Church teachings or refused to accept its authority, you were a dissenters.  The dissenters were subject to serious discrimination. The dissenters were excluded from most professions, including government or law.  

Some dissenters came to America, where they felt safe to practice what they believed. The most famous group of English immigrants that came to America was the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims were dissenters. The Pilgrims were separatists, they rejected the authority of the English Church. The Pilgrims established the first permanent English settlement at Plymouth, in 1620.
A major reason American was established so people could believe and worship how they saw fits without the Church of England interfering in their life. The Pilgrims were loyal subjects of the King, yet they did not want to accept his religion.

In America, we have many different religions. Most of these religions believe they are correct in their beliefs, and other religions are wrong. For some reason, people think everyone believes the way they do. This is simply not true! That is why there are so many different religions.