Anything less than complete reverence is not going to be enough. The religions are based on complete authoritarianism, and anything less than complete obedience is evil. That's why some christians feel persecuted when the people they're pushing down start to push back.
As far as respect goes, it's hard to respect the beliefs themselves, but you can respect the other person's right to have them. You can get all the fuzzy feelings you want from your god, as long as you don't interfere with what other people do. It's the core of why killing, stealing, raping, and such are wrong. You're interfering with someone else's life in a harmful way. Think whatever you want. Do whatever you want. Just don't mess with other people, and we can all get along.
Unfortunately religion commands you to get in people's faces, which makes it highly divisive.
As far as respect goes, it's hard to respect the beliefs themselves, but you can respect the other person's right to have them. You can get all the fuzzy feelings you want from your god, as long as you don't interfere with what other people do. It's the core of why killing, stealing, raping, and such are wrong. You're interfering with someone else's life in a harmful way. Think whatever you want. Do whatever you want. Just don't mess with other people, and we can all get along.
Unfortunately religion commands you to get in people's faces, which makes it highly divisive.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
