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How I respect Theists
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RE: How I respect Theists
January 10, 2013 at 12:42 am (This post was last modified: January 10, 2013 at 12:51 am by Lion IRC.)
(January 9, 2013 at 11:22 pm)A_Nony_Mouse Wrote: This whole respect crap is overrated. I don't respect anyone's religion any more than their TV choices especially if it is Oprah in both cases. If any asshole thinks they have a right to tell me about it I certainly have the right to return the favor and tell them they are idiots for having a religion.

Religion is in our culture and culture consists in (majority) norms.

If the ''religion'' was democracy and the majority government ruled, for example, that saying the word Oprah in public was a criminal offence that would land you in jail, what then?
What are you gonna do if you are an Oprahaicist? One option is to move to a different culture.

The subjective ideal of ''respect'' becomes irrelevant unless you can get a majority to agree what deserves respect, tolerance, obedience, etc.
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How I respect Theists - by Gooders1002 - January 9, 2013 at 8:23 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by ThatMuslimGuy - January 9, 2013 at 8:30 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by Gooders1002 - January 9, 2013 at 8:55 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by ThatMuslimGuy - January 10, 2013 at 3:54 am
RE: How I respect Theists - by downbeatplumb - January 10, 2013 at 2:46 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by CapnAwesome - January 9, 2013 at 8:51 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by Minimalist - January 9, 2013 at 9:01 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by Norfolk And Chance - January 9, 2013 at 9:03 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by jonb - January 9, 2013 at 9:43 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by A_Nony_Mouse - January 9, 2013 at 11:22 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by Lion IRC - January 10, 2013 at 12:42 am
RE: How I respect Theists - by Ryantology - January 9, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: How I respect Theists - by TaraJo - January 10, 2013 at 12:34 pm

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