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Originally Posted by Engine09
I hear what you're saying and agree to an extent in theory, but playing nice sometimes only seems to validate these absurd and harmful beliefs. The inquisitive and curious stage of my examination of religion came to pass a couple decades ago.
The only respect I can pay to the faithfully religious is to be clear and straightforward. If they're offended, ok. A majority of the faithful live their lives without truly examining what they believe and why, no respect for logic and rational thought. It's not anything they care for or want to investigate for themselves, it doesn't even cross their minds.
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Wow, that seems like quite the superior attitude. Billions and billions of people world wide are worshipers of some form of deity. Many if them are intelligent, incredibly influential people in our world tody. The fact that they have faith in something they can’t see, find comfort and solace in the teachings of that faith, and gravitate toward the community aspect of heir faith should not be so easily dismissed or derided in my opinion.
My dad who died a few years ago was a pretty regular church goer, lived a strong set of morals and in the waning day of his life his faith give him a strength, wisdom and sense of peace that I admire deeply to this day. Spending those last few days when we knew the end was near and observing the gift his faith gave him in that moment still makes me emotional. I could never have imagined trying to tell someone like that they are wrong and have no respect for logical or rational thought.