Tooth Fairy Bullshit

[Asmodee]

Why are your beliefs deserving of respect and mine are not?  It is my belief that your faith is ridiculous.  That is my actual, sincerely held belief.  I believe "douchebag" is the word you used to describe someone who holds that belief.

Because the not all beliefs have the same content. You cannot compare beliefs apart from their content.

Of course different beliefs have different content.  We're not talking about Nazi beliefs or some cult here in either case.  We're even talking about radically different content.  We're talking about the difference between my belief that all magical thinking is identical vs your belief that your magical thinking, alone, is special.  Now you'll likely take exception to that, but think about it.  You've come to the conclusion that the content of your beliefs is worthy of respect and the content of my beliefs is not.  What mechanism did you employ to do that?  What fair, unbiased system have you developed to judge the content of ones beliefs?  The answer to that is obviously "I used no system.  I just don't like the content of your belief and it is thus not deserving of respect."  So this whole "content" reply is self-serving tripe; a deflection from the discussion.