Religion
In reply to the discussion: what is the most important aspect of the interaction between belivers and non believers [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)Could you choose to be a believer? I doubt it. Perhaps it is part of a person's core identity in the same way sexuality and other characteristics are. Would that make a difference.
I see no problem with the "agree to disagree" model
except when we don't disagree.
If person A is religious and person B is not, but they share other areas of strong commonality, they can decide for themselves whether to take religion off the table or whether it is fine right there.
If person A's strong religious beliefs is what drives them to work for issues that you support and it is a part of who they are, how can you ask them to just keep that out of things? Like what? Their decision making?
I would bet you have some strong core beliefs that provide the framework for what is important to you. Does it really matter if those beliefs are derived from religion or not?