>It's important to respect their religious liberty even if you disagree. I respect people's religious liberty for the same reason I respect any other kind of f

>It's important to respect their religious liberty even if you disagree. I respect people's religious liberty for the same reason I respect any other kind of freedom of belief. I do not know what it means to respect a religion. Either a prophet actually witnessed what they claim to have witnessed, or they are lying, or they are delusional. Perhaps Jesus and Moses and Siddhartha Gautama get a pass because we don't know exactly what they said or did, but how can a non-believer explain Joseph Smith or Mohammad as anything except insane or malicious? What does respect for a religion look like when I believe that its most sacred figures are the most contemptible of con men? I am respectful in that I don't go around insulting people. I am respectful in that I understand life is hard and people find comfort wherever they can. But respect for the victims of a scam does not imply respect for the scam itself. I can understand the fear of poverty, and I can understand the temptation of wealth, but the people who write me saying I will inherit $15 million still belong in prison.