Should we respect Religion?

[Violet]

Lacking respect is healthy. What kind of nut job respects institutions.

People who observe that institutions (such as government) are bigger and stronger than they are, and sometimes have weapons.

[fr0d0]

People who observe that institutions (such as government) are bigger and stronger than they are, and sometimes have weapons.

That petty much sums up the religious huh

[Cato]

Lacking respect is healthy. What kind of nut job respects institutions.

Only those that tythe 10%, gross in the name of the lord resulting in the man on the pulpit driving an Escalade.

[fr0d0]

Lacking respect is healthy. What kind of nut job respects institutions.

Only those that tythe 10%, gross in the name of the lord resulting in the man on the pulpit driving an Escalade.

I'm guessing you dodge your taxes then?

[Something completely different]

I was watching one of Dawkins Videos and It had me thinking.
Any my Question is this:
Should we respect religions as a whole?
And what I mean is stop being so polite when it comes to the religion its self (I don't mean being a complete jerk to any one person as that's just cruel) and to show everybody just how stupid and evil and irrelevant it is to the whole world.

We???

I never saw Atheism as a kind of collective which had some kind of guiding principles for people to follow and really dont think it is or ever was.

I have my own personal mindest and principles.

I dont think of it to be alright to discriminate religious people because of their belief.
I rejected religion on a personal level and I think atheism is also a personal conclusion to reach.
And the only circumstances under which I believe it to be alright to publicly protest or even call for the abolishment and maybe even criminalisation of a faith, is when that faith intends to inflict harm onto sociaty or individuals.
I also think it is nececery to keep religious skripture out of politics.

Which is my personal opinion and not some general guidline I follow.

[frankiej]

Only those that tythe 10%, gross in the name of the lord resulting in the man on the pulpit driving an Escalade.

I'm guessing you dodge your taxes then?

Taxes? What are those?

[paulpablo]

I think its important to respect it enough to argue with it on its level, dont just say all christians are peadophiles or that all muslims are terrorists because they will just walk away from the argument feeling smug and that youre the ignorant one. This is just with regards to "moderate" religious people who happen to come on these forums.
With regards to muslims who are terrorists who say they dont fear death id perscribe a method of execution so bad they would wish they hadnt been born in the first place, which you would probably think was disrespectful to them. And as for televangalists, the pope, the bishops who have no rightful place in any position of authority who seem to have a lot of wealth when i cant see how they got that wealth apart from charitable donations id say they deserve a lot of disrespect, i think they are conmen who should be encarcerated.

[One Above All]

To paraphrase House, we should respect things that deserve respect. Religion is, at best, a bad idea. It deserves little to no respect. Theists, on the other hand, are deserving of our respect. Some of them anyway. Others are evil bastards who don't deserve an ounce of respect.

[Ace Otana]

I was watching one of Dawkins Videos and It had me thinking.
Any my Question is this:
Should we respect religions as a whole?
And what I mean is stop being so polite when it comes to the religion its self (I don't mean being a complete jerk to any one person as that's just cruel) and to show everybody just how stupid and evil and irrelevant it is to the whole world.

I'll respect a person's right to believe what they want, not the belief it self. Especially if they run around ramming it into people's faces, I can't respect that. It's disgraceful behaviour.

[Dee Dee Ramone]

Respect, that's an expression of love among hip-hop artists, isn't it?