Why is freedom of religion a human right isn’t it a choice?How can something without any practical application protected?
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In addition to the other answers, I think it’s not right to say religion is a “choice”. It’s not like choosing a product to buy; people don’t generally choose a religion because they think it suits them best. Religion (or lack of religion) is generally a *belief*. It’s something people think is true, based on evidence, experience, feeling. A Christian can’t just choose to start believing in Hinduism any more than I can choose to start believing in gods, or to start believing in a steady state universe rather than a big bang.
It’s also worth nothing that protections for religion extend to *behaviours*. It’s not just going “you can’t be arrested for believing in the Jewish God” it’s “you have a right to set up a synagogue, to print copies of the talmud, to take the sabbath off work, to not eat pork, etc.” (Of course, these rights are balanced against other rights, which can get complicated.)
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