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Originally Posted by Burninator
I do.
I don't think belief (or non-belief for that matter) is immune from criticism, challenge, disrespect, and ridicule. Belief is an idea, and should be treated the same as every other idea. It should be open for discussion. Because some people are sensitive about it or because it's important to people doesn't make it untouchable (rules of CP withstanding). I never heard a good reason for this. There is no such thing as the right to not be offended.
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In order to have a fair, open, two-way (or more) discussion, I think that it would be reasonable to avoid disrespect and ridicule.
Rightly or wrongly, when people are offended, they tend to avoid the discussion at hand and either stoop to disrespect and ridicule, or walk away.
Now I know I'm a hypocrite, as some of my posts can fall into the category of disrespect or ridicule, but I usually don't realize this until later on...
