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The paper theoretically analyzes and explains religion, beliefs and religious tolerance in terms of civic influence on choice of religious freedoms, communication and reliance among nations. The comparative analysis and empirical pilot study was conducted on the example of the focus groups: in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the attitudes and opinions of citizens on religion and religious freedom was explored. Research has shown the interdependence of religion and beliefs with the civil conviction of belief in the supernatural spiritual beings that determine the man's religious freedom, moral, social, communicative and civic norms and forms of civic behavior. Starting from a theoretical and empirical analysis and from other discoveries made in the study, the paper proposes thirteen (13) concluding recommendations that potentially affect the freedom of religion, belief, tolerance, communication and trust among nations. Based on a theoretical and empirical analysis, the paper concludes that the future of civic tolerance, communication and trust among the other nations is in correlation with the man's religious freedoms and its creative spiritual, intellectual and communicative potential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]