In class the conversation of freedom came up, I formed the question what is freedom? This is difficult to answer because of the fact that we are a "free country" yet, we have laws for everything. We also have people who are above us and rule over us. Does this actually make us free? No, because complete freedom is having no one above us and it would allow us to be able to make all our own choices with no consequences because we would be free.
Also, believing in a religion does not make you free either. That is because there is still someone above them who decides what happens and what they should or should not do. This is because if they were completely free they would not worry about what would happen to them in the after life. This is not practical what so ever. But the word freedom has a different connotation then the way it is used in government and religion now.
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