[Vision2020] Religious Liberty

[Chasuk]

I understand that religious freedom is protected legally, but does
that mean that every tenet of a religious belief is unassailable,
verboten, off-limits to debate?  I don't (knowingly) hold any beliefs
which could be described as inviolable, and I don't willingly cede
such protection to any belief, sacred or otherwise.

Certain sadhu have been known to sit for literal years with piles of
human excrement atop their heads.   This is apparently supposed to
enlighten them in some way.  I would unhesitatingly call this belief a
load of shit (obvious pun intended).  Of course, I might be wrong;
maybe I just lack the "faith" to undertake such an experiment myself.
Still, I place my level of concern over my likelihood of error at the
same level that I worry about Zeus appearing in my cereal bowl
tomorrow morning.

Why are absurd beliefs considered "special" just because we label them
religious?  Do any Visioneers have anything enlightening to say on
this matter?