In other countries, do goverments write religion in IDs?

[Thoreau424]

Originally Posted by The Grandeur

No one asks. You are born and Islam is written on your ID. So you are officially muslim without being asked what you believe. That is it.

So the number 99 percent comes.

Well then, just ignore it. If it's incorrect, it's bogus. Why support bogus falsehoods?

[mordant]

IIRC some European countries who have a technically "official" state church have, for mostly historical reasons, a "church tax" which is imposed by default on its citizens but which you can opt out of. I'm thinking maybe Denmark or the Netherlands but don't recall for sure. In such countries, you are by default, Lutheran or Dutch Reformed or whatever. It is an assumption.

[BaptistFundie]

Originally Posted by The Grandeur

A lie in Turkey, which Goverment state that 99 percent of people are Muslim. They might as well say 100 percent. Lol.

When babies are born, ISLAM is written in their IDs. No one asks what religion they believe in.

In my ID, religion says Islam. This was written in my ID when I was a newborn. However, I am going between atheist and agnostic.

No. It's not on our IDs. Might as well be, though...since most Americans are born into something, and are raised in it, at least nominally.

[rstevens62]

Originally Posted by Thoreau424

It's just a wording or identification on a document right? Doesn't mean anything beyond that. Burn the document, and there's nothing left but ashes.

Render unto the governments whatever nonsense belongs to them, and live your life as you see fit.

Actually, that means to 'give to the Govt, what is the Govts to ask for'...not to Give govt everything it asks!

[thinkalot]

Originally Posted by BaptistFundie

No. It's not on our IDs. Might as well be, though...since most Americans are born into something, and are raised in it, at least nominally.

If the government is involved it could be a real PITA to get it changed if you change.

[Taiko]

Originally Posted by 2x3x29x41

Well, in the United States military identification tags (commonly called 'dog tags') list religious preference, but the selection is up to the service personnel. Mine alternately said ATHEIST and NO PREFERENCE. But my actual military identification card, with my photo and other information, had no religious information on it. I know of no other religious affiliations written on American government identification cards of any sort.

Not exactly the same, but worth mentioning - the United States Census Bureau began asking for religious affiliation in surveys beginning in 1850, but ceased doing so in the 1950s. But there was never a requirement to pick a religious affiliation.

The dog tag religious preference was to ease the burden on the Mortuary Affairs soldiers caring for the remains of the fallen

[Thoreau424]

Originally Posted by rstevens62

Actually, that means to 'give to the Govt, what is the Govts to ask for'...not to Give govt everything it asks!

Okay, maybe so. In the end, I'm keeping my distance from them as much as possible