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Your views against religion seem as dogmatic as any religious views I've heard. You say you worry about religion dividing us but use language aimed to offend p
by xupybd 9y ago
Your views against religion seem as dogmatic as any religious views I've heard.
You say you worry about religion dividing us but use language aimed to offend people of all faiths. Many of those people would offer you more respect than your offering them.
- celticninja 9y ago>Many of those people would offer you more respect than your offering them. I would suggest a far larger proportion of those people would not offer you more respect for that very fact that the poster appears to be atheistic. Within the US which is a very religiously tolerant nation atheism is something that is frowned upon, just look at the politicians there and how an atheist is treated when running for office. In many Muslim countries becoming an atheist is problematic at best and potentially can result in death if you have left the islamic religion(apostasy).
- orthoganol 9y agoAnd many would not? Do people who don't like religious institutions have an obligation to be more respectful than the average person or else their arguments are invalid?
- xupybd 9y agoYou are correct many would not, but you get to choose what group you emulate. Personally I'd prefer to be respectful where possible. And no being disrespectful doesn't invalidate your argument. But it does cause division, something you didn't seem to want.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoI think they have exactly the same obligation to be respectful. I'm religious, but if this had been a thread about an atheist dating site I wouldn't have commented like you did, and if another religious person did I'd have been just as critical of them.