Shouldn't Atheists learn to accept religion?

[Alex K]

Guys, you know how most respect the person but not the beliefs.

As mentioned elsewhere, some theists have trouble differentiating between the two.
This is why they take it as a personal insult.
Is this an indoctrinated failing on their behalf?

We know for a fact that indoctrination has the potential to cause people to disown their own children, let them die as a result of not obtaining medical help, etc.

All this stems from the "one true god, no other gods" belief.
If you are genuinely religious, you shouldn't be tolerant of people who think differently.
Otherwise, you're not a true Christian or Muslim.

This is the divisive crux which ensures religion's survival.
Theists, this is why we hate religions.
Religions are devised so as to not tolerate or respect other religions or beliefs.

Ig,

The two don't separate as easily as you make it look in my opinion. A person's beliefs often become a part of their personal identity, and once they are an integral part of your self image, maybe you partly draw your sense of self-worth from them (who am I? a believer, servant of God - this justifies my existence /actions/life choices and gives me a purpose beyond mundane things), an attack on these ideas is in fact an attack on the person. The two things don't factorize, a physicist would say. Disagree?