(January 27, 2015 at 4:16 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Throwing a temper tantrum only makes it worse for the religion in question. Before they were laughing at your religion, now they're laughing at it and at your reaction to their laughing.
It's much worse than a temper tantrum. It's indirect victim blaming in the wake of a terrorist act with international implications. It's the precise thing you don't want to do if you truly want people to respect you and your belief.
Insisting your belief be treated like a sacred cow is only going to antagonize people.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
