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We demand freedom of religion for all British people, so long as the religion does not threaten or harm the interests of the national community. Any religion which does this shall be prohibited.

 

Religion has always been one of the most divisive issues in history, but that is because it plays a role in the lives of many of our people, in one form or another. Both of these things being the case, an integral part of the National Agenda must be a point which deals with religion and the role it plays in our society.

 

In the past few decades, more and more religions have come into common being in Great Britain which were virtually unheard of in this country for all of history. Naturally, this has resulted in friction with established religions and cultures. The religions themselves were not necessarily guaranteed to cause frictions, rather the issue was when specific religious teachings (from various creeds) contradicted National law, common morality as understood by our collective masses, or both. 

 

There is no inherent need for particular religions to be prohibited by default. Instead, all religious doctrine, irrespective of what it is, must ensure that its teachings are compatible with National law, as determined by a legitimate government. Religious doctrine should play no part in determining law or government, and the practice of state funding of religious institutions should be brought to and end. Compelling people to engage in religious doctrine of any kind, is equally as harmful as preventing them from doing so.

 

The developments of the Renaissance and the Reformation established, in the end, the supremacy of the state as the ultimate authority (on Earth) and arbiter or right and wrong. National law, as determined by societies as a collective, governments and entire peoples', irrespective of religion, reigned supreme. And so should this remain. What happens beyond Earth is another matter, but on Earth itself there can be no higher authority than a legitimate law which represents the collective interests of an entire race of people. 

 

There must never be a situation whereby a religious institution or doctrine is teaching people something which is contradictory to the law.

 

The National Agenda must therefore not concern itself with taking sides with any particular religious creed. Instead, it must simply assert that, on Earth, the state is the highest authority, and any religion is free to play whatever constructive role our people want, provided that it neither harms nor undermines this authority.

 

By National Rebirth Party