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Are there really people here who do not understand the difference between respecting people and respecting beliefs?
Nobody should expect anyone to "respect" their personal beliefs.
Everyone should respect the rights of everyone else to belief whatever the fuck they want.
Respect does not mean agreement with any particular belief. It means you have the right to believe whatever strikes your fancy. And we should all respect that right.
What is with the fundamentalists who cannot abide the fact that others believe differently to them?
Why do they hate those who are tolerant and accepting of all, no matter their personal beliefs?
What fosters this bigotry? Is it fear of the other or fear of themselves?
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"I was raised to treat religion as a private matter." Too bad most religionists don't follow that...
PoutrageFatigue
May 2015
#171
Well he can speak to his own op and believers here have their moments, but...
hrmjustin
May 2015
#87
I don't click on threads bashing animal rights activists for a reason.
beam me up scottie
May 2015
#99
I don't think so. That is why I don't use terms you don't like to refer to you or others
LostOne4Ever
May 2015
#142
No one here is anti-lgbt and we fight against it in our places of worship and communities.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#23
No. They have the right to their opinions but their opinions are not ok with me.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#49
I did. That hate is protected speech. So it's "ok". Are you "ok" with the First Amendment?
rug
May 2015
#34
No what you are doing is acting like a prosecutor and we are not your accused.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#151
It is pointless to bother because when you answer a question you are told you didn't and
hrmjustin
May 2015
#201
No i gave up because you were telling me that I didn't answer a question when I did.
hrmjustin
May 2015
#213
Disingenuous nonsense and insulting people's intelligence are also not signs of respect
skepticscott
May 2015
#46
But how can one respect a belief that ensures another feels terror brought on by someone
AuntPatsy
May 2015
#44
Some people have zero interest in fostering understanding and furthering conversation,
cbayer
May 2015
#194
Trouble is, your point has already been addressed. More times than I care to count.
Act_of_Reparation
May 2015
#200
Well if you're running a contest for rude statements, I provided the winner's posts above.
beam me up scottie
May 2015
#219
Homophobes who compare ssm to bestiality and call people "vermin" shouldn't criticize anyone
beam me up scottie
May 2015
#218
Some believers here on DU, including a host of the interfaith forum, have attempted to conflate
AtheistCrusader
May 2015
#65
I sincerely hope you don't need clarification, since you were the first poster to respond to his
AtheistCrusader
May 2015
#67