As per title, this thread discusses the pros, cons, criticisms, successes and downfalls of Ethnoreligionism

Ethnoreligionism is where the ethnic descent of a population is closely related to their religious beliefs.

An example of this would be the Jewish people where their default religion would be Judaism. One can be born into it, has related bloodline or be converted into Judaism to be a Jew.

The same trend can be seen in Malaysia where ethnic Malays are by default Muslims and cannot part with their religion without persecution.

While Ethnoreligionism can have its advantages where it is easier to 'communicate' (i.e control?) a population through a common ground, it can also impede on human rights to freedom of beliefs.

discuss..

This post has been edited by b3ta: Jan 15 2010, 07:08 AM

maybe i should remove the malay part of it. meh.

i cant help but feel that you are contradicting yourself. you hate the fact that some malays dont want to be muslims but u embrace freedom of religion? what is your stand exactly. if it is freedom of religion, you shouldnt have any reasons to hate these malays.

btw as much as some think this is irrelevant, it is still practised in our country as of now. and the fact remains that people are still not free to embrace what they believe. the way i see it, there are definitely advantages in that ethnic groups are united through religion and through a mutual understanding of morals and ethics through religion.

This post has been edited by b3ta: Jan 29 2010, 05:29 AM