Liberty
University HIUS 221 reading comprehension assessment 2 solutions answers right
Question 1 Read the following passage, then
answer the questions below. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable
truth, "that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the
manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by
force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the
conviction and conscience of every man;
and it is the right of every man to exercise it as these may dictate. This
right is in its nature an unalienable right. It is unalienable, because the
opinions of men, depending only on the evidence contemplated by their own minds
cannot follow the dictates of other men: It is unalienable also, because what
is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator. It is the duty of
every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to
be acceptable to him. This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in
degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society. Before any man can be
considerd as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of
the Governour of the Universe: And if a member of Civil Society, do it with a
saving of his allegiance to the Universal Sovereign. We maintain therefore that
in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil
Society and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance. True it is, that
no other rule exists, by which any question which may divide a Society, can be
ultimately determined, but the will of the majority; but it is also true that the majority may trespass on the rights of
the minority. — James Madison’s “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious
Assessments”
Question 2 According to Madison, to whom
must man be responsible before he can be considered a member of society?
Question 3 What does Madison say is man’s
duty?
Question 4 Madison argued that matters
concerning religion
Question 5 Madison argued that an
individuals’ religion should be directed by
Question 6 Why does Madison call freedom of
religious worship an “unalienable right?”
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