This letter is about a subject that I dealt with earlier this year in the letters to the editor page. That of some our basic human freedoms. I started out with freedom of religion, listing a principle and an explanation that I both developed. I can now add two more to that, freedom of thought & inquiry and freedom of dissent. Explanations for the two new ones will follow at later dates.Freedom of Religion
Freedom of religion is the inalienable right of each person, whether alone or with others, to peacefully, openly, freely and with respect for the rights of others profess belief in the supernatural and engage in the practice of a religion of one's own choosing or for one to peacefully, openly, freely and with respect for the rights of others profess no belief in the supernatural and refuse to practice any religion at all and for each person to be free from having acts of persecution, forced conversion, intrusion into the internal affairs of one's congregation, denomination or faith and the establishment of a universal state church/state religion or militant state atheism inflicted upon them by any part or whole of any local, state, national, continental or world government.
Freedom of Thought and Inquiry
Freedom of thought and inquiry is the inalienable right of each person, whether alone or with others, to peacefully, openly, freely and with respect for the rights of others research, debate, reflect upon and form conclusions on all matter of subjects from the mundane to the profound and for each person to be free from having acts of interference with such activities inflicted upon them by any part or whole of any local, state, national, continental or world government.
Freedom of Dissent
Freedom of dissent is the inalienable right of each person, whether alone or with others, to peacefully, openly, freely and with respect for the rights of others express one's opposition, whether right or wrong, to the statements, policies and actions of government officials and personnel during peacetime or wartime and for each person to be free from having acts suppressing such expression inflicted upon them by any part or whole of any local, state, national, continental or world government.
