On a message board site, someone asked me recently what I understand by the phrase "religious freedom." I began my answer with words from Thomas Jefferson, but soon incorporated them into something broader, and something that may hold some interest for you, dear blog reader. I have three thoughts on the subject. First, that my neighbor's belief that there is no God, or that there is one God, or that there are a thousand gods, in no case picks my pocket or breaks my bones. It in no case gives me a grievance against that neighbor. Secondly, that I should consider in the same spirit my neighbor's belief that there is one God who is Three Persons. Suppose I believe that to be logically incoherent and obscurantist. Or ... suppose I believe it to be right, but also believe that my neighbor misunderstands this Trinitarian idea completely. Again, in no case does that give me a grievance against my neighbor. Thirdly, my thought is that there is no obligation ...