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RE: Respect towards religious people
March 15, 2012 at 10:44 am
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2012 at 10:46 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I have no respect for the beliefs of those people in general, and specifically I have no respect for those who would argue for this or that piece of this or that myth as reality, or just, or righteous, or what have you. Nobodies getting an unfair shake there. I've considered their beliefs, and I get to decide whether or not they are worthy of my respect, because it is mine and mine alone to give. I withhold my determination of whether or not the people themselves deserve that same respect until they open their mouths.
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RE: Respect towards religious people
March 16, 2012 at 1:16 pm
(March 14, 2012 at 7:39 pm)Renee Katz Wrote: that if you said you disrespected all religious people you'd be talking about 80-90% of the world or something like that.
I'm fine with that.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
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RE: Respect towards religious people
March 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2012 at 1:59 pm by mediamogul.)
I have respect for many folks of many religions. I, however, often find that I have endlessly more respect for them than they have for me. I feel as though the monotheistic religions generally practice discrimination, disrespect, or even violence against non-religious folks based solely on their lack of religion. Atheists generally say that religious folks can be good people, despite their often compartmentalized superstitions. On the other hand I find that Christians and Muslims particularly often say that atheists cannot be good people.
"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything." -Friedrich Nietzsche
"All thinking men are atheists." -Ernest Hemmingway
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire
