How many of you would punish religious people for being religious?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I know a fair number of atheists in RL, and NONE of them would even consider doing what you suggest. In fact, the less religious someone is, the stronger their support of religious freedom tends to be.

Let's be honest. Some atheists are as fanatical as religious people. I had the misfortune of meeting or debating some of them. I don't think that the so called anti theists would resort to torture, but some of them, if they had the power, would put exercising religion under penalty.

Hence the qualifier ‘tends to be’ - it’s a rule of thumb, not a law of nature. You find a certain percentage of psycho loonies in any group.

It’s certainly the case, though, that religious conservatism and advocacy for religious persecution seem to coincide.

Boru