America doesn't need more God. It needs more atheists.

[Wonder Why]

243. I can't answer as I am not a believer. But let's consider about your Santa Claus person

I don't look at one part of a person's beliefs or non-beliefs. I would be concerned about that person without knowing them but if I found that their overall thoughts were "normal" (and I don't believe that others that think differently from me are not "normal&quot , I would consider that they don't believe what I do but that doesn't mean they are not trustworthy, fair, friendly, honest, crazy, or a lunatic. So when I meet someone calling themselves Christian, I am concerned they could be a right wing CINO, a person who believes in treating everyone with respect as I do, or somewhere in between. Correspondingly, if an atheist I meet proclaims that anyone who believes in any kind of religion cannot be respected no matter how good that person is, I consider that they are just like the CINO who does not respect others. If that Santa Claus lover were to say he could not respect me because I don't believe in Santa then I would not have respect for him but if he respected my disbelief, that would not be a consideration in my thoughts about him other that we have agreed to disagree.

So will you now answer my question? Do you not respect any of those I mentioned?

Bigotry exists in all of us. Remember that.

We don't need more atheists. We need more people who truly respect those that disagree with them.