I just brought this up in a thread yesterday to do with U.S. Grant. I will add it here:
Ulysses S. Grant was an independent thinker. That's why he gained demerit points at West Point. Some of them were for being out of uniform (anyone who knows Grant knows he wasn't a stickler for the uniform) and some were for not attending Church on a Sunday. In his own infamous words the...
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Looks like his objection didn't pay off
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
It is true. Compulsory religion is not
faith. Compulsory attendance at church is a little different to the concept of compulsory religion.
I took my children to church when they were younger. As a parent that was my responsibility. Perhaps you are referencing adults.
Either way, faith is a
gift, and to be freely received. So, where Grant and others may have been made to go to church, they weren't required to receive the gift freely given. No one can force faith on you. It was, though, part of the routine of their well ordered society.