Fuck it, I give.

[Rob H.]

84. "...religious beliefs are extremely personal and, as such, deserve respect, if not agreement."

Sorry, no. I can respect a person's right to believe whatever they want to believe, but respecting the beliefs themselves? Not so much. It's just this simple: the same First Amendment that gives religious people the right to practice their beliefs in whatever way they choose without government interference is the same First Amendment that gives other people the right to say they think those beliefs are misguided, unsupported by evidence, or just plain silly.

IOW, just as an example, I'm not going to respect "Intelligent Design" just because people believe in it based on their religion claiming it's true. It's ridiculous and wrong (seriously, ID proponents believe humans and dinosaurs coexisted, despite literally mountains of evidence to the contrary), and most importantly, it isn't science.