People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We need people who truly live their faith, represent their faith, speaking to the issues of faith through a faith prism as opposed to just having folks talking about faith when there is a crisis.
Men and women motivated by faith have every right and obligation to bring their belief and commitment to the public debate. However, that is very different from the governmental establishment of religion that our founders warned against and our constitution prohibits.
All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief.
I'm not a member of any faith community, and I think faith is a deeply personal issue that individuals should deal with in their private lives.
I think that for some people faith is good - they have something to draw to.
The great thing is that whether we have faith or not, we are by and large very tolerant of people, whatever their particular view.
I think people should have the common courtesy and judgment - the good judgment - not to be - not to offend other peoples' faiths.
It's OK to be outspoken about your faith.
Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.