XPost: alt.agnosticism, alt.athiesm, alt.talk.creationism   
   XPost: sci.skeptic   
   From: lunch@nofreelunch.us   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:21:59 +1100, felix_unger  wrote:   
      
   >On 11-January-2015 11:15 PM, Malte Runz wrote:   
   >> "felix_unger"  skrev i meddelelsen   
   >> news:cheaf5Fsnf3U2@mid.individual.net...   
   >>   
   >> (snip)   
   >>   
   >>> If you respect ppl you will respect their beliefs as well   
   >>   
   >> Who whipped you into that murky corner of political correctness? It's   
   >> about   
   >> repsecting people's right to believe whatever they do. But don't   
   >> expect me   
   >> to respect the beliefs themselves. And if those beliefs deserve contempt   
   >> then there is no way I can respect the people who hold them.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >what I was trying to say is that IF you have respect for someone, you   
   >will show respect for what they believe. for example if you have a   
   >Jewish friend you will not say something to them that would be offensive   
   >to a Jewish person. OTOH I would not refrain from denigrating the   
   >beliefs of someone who I had nothing but contempt for.   
      
   I will not show respect for a religion just because someone I otherwise   
   respect is an adherent. I only respect religions that are substantiated   
   by evidence.   
      
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