Religion has been responsible for a lot of harm. However the religious themselves are not all murderers and bigots. And Christianity did bring us notions like the sanctity of life, equality, and compassion that did not exist beforehand. NOTHING is all black or all white. And saying religion is the source of all evil is simply not true.
Also nowhere did i say you should respect their beliefs. What i am saying is that large generalizations and ad hominem attacks are things that need to be avoided.
And why all the deal about "their precious little feelings" ? Do you honestly think that insulting their God is going to make them UPSET ? No, all you are going to do is make them think you are an idiot. Or you're going to make them angry at you. How is that any good ? How does that further the dialogue in any way ?
There is a reason why people, when debating, do not throw insults at each other. It is because if everyone is shouting, no one is actually listening to anything the other has to say.
Also nowhere did i say you should respect their beliefs. What i am saying is that large generalizations and ad hominem attacks are things that need to be avoided.
And why all the deal about "their precious little feelings" ? Do you honestly think that insulting their God is going to make them UPSET ? No, all you are going to do is make them think you are an idiot. Or you're going to make them angry at you. How is that any good ? How does that further the dialogue in any way ?
There is a reason why people, when debating, do not throw insults at each other. It is because if everyone is shouting, no one is actually listening to anything the other has to say.
