“I can’t do that because of my religion”
That’s okay.
“You can’t do that because of my religion”
Not okay.
Why does this more feel like somone stole this from an old racists Facebook post?
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Every religious faith has to negotiate between the mores of the society in the era and its scripture.
Jesus is now a brand, as we can see in thr juxtaposition of the He Gets Us Jesus and the mores actively practiced by those who promote and finance the HGU campaign.
I respect the identities of parishioners. I respect that they have beliefs. I respect when their principles are consistently held.
But once they are a danger to themselves or others, I cannot any longer afford that respect.
I have no issue with faith until it wants to direct the government. Then I get cranky.
You have to respect my wish to not respect your religion,
I don’t have to (and I won’t) respect anyone’s religious beliefs if they believe their religious views give them the right to discriminate against and hurt others. And where is the respect for MY atheistic beliefs? They all act like I just am too stupid to see “the light,” when in reality I believe what I believe with the same amount of fervor and certainty that they feel.
Everybody gets a base level respect, they can either earn more, stay the same of lose it.
They can nevere get respect by demanding it
I respect people and their beliefs as long as they respect other people and theirs.
I don’t have time for people who use force to make others believe in their god. I didn’t put up with Christianity being forced down my throat in primary school, and that stance won’t change, however; if people want to politely talk about it, I won’t shut them down.
Respect is a reservoir. It fills slowly, and when the damn breaks, it empties all at once. Once that happens, it doesn’t fill up again until the damn is repaired.
A man can believe whatever he wants, but when he spouts off some racist bullshit, suddenly all of the redirect for his beliefs fades away too. Everything he said before is tainted, and I’ve no reason to respect any of it.
Religion, as a baseline, disrespects our intelligence.
Use that intelligence to talk about your point of view. If they don’t want to change their mind, how is that insulting? For some people, the belief in god/s is a comfort in this shitty world that helps them get through the day. I have no problem with that.
I am still very much annoyed when I found out this week that Catholics can eat eggs for lent but not chicken since potential life isn’t actual life if it is tasty.
Zero mutual respect zero. If they don’t want an abortion they are welcome to not have one, but that live and let live wasn’t enough for them.
uh, eggs you eat aren’t gonna hatch. I don’t see potential for life there. and it doesn’t have to do with life anyway. even complex animal life. Fish are on the menu.
No! Leave the egg alone for long enough and it will be full of life! Trust me, anyone who tries this will know immediately that life found a way!
Maybe scientists can find a way to reimplantat it like an ectopic pregnancy. Christianity official stances is that ectopic fetuses life is more important than a woman
I think they meant bacteria/mold
