Evidence that God exists

[Mark]

@ EvF
I agree there is no reason you should respect anyone's faith. I don't agree that any old deity you could dream up could deserve equal respect. The dragon in my garage, the pink unicorn, the celestial teapot, are all nonsense creations, proving some serious points, but none the less totally pointless outside their raison d'être.

I agree that there are some ignorant views about faith. I'd suggest we all suffer the consequences of that, faithful and faithless.

Additionally I respect anyones beliefs, or non beliefs.

It's becoming socially unacceptable to say that one doesn't respect someone's belief, but I fail to see why. I don't respect any religious belief, and that is a fact. The are many religious people that I respect, and I think that an attitude of respect should be anyone's default position toward people. Beliefs on the other hand are not people, and I fail to see why any of them is deserving of respect.

What does it mean to respect a belief, in any case? What do I do to express my respect for Christian belief, for example? Find a statue of the Virgin Mary and go genuflect?

I am happy to accept that the Pope in Rome, among others, does not respect my atheist belief (which is not, however, a religious belief). But he should not expect me to respect his Roman Catholic belief. And I don't.