Why should we have to respect religions?

[Rhyfelwyr]

You could argue differently, they have that much more imagination, they could imagine a concept where a God doesn't exist. Many theists completely fail at this point. Atheist can understand the universe in its true wonderful diversity that are beyond our realms of imagination, but still try. They don't go "Daddy, why is the sky blue?" "'cause God said so", they actually go out and find out why it is blue, in order to appreciate it, instead of the ol' "just 'cause" mentally.

This is what I mean when I say that Christians saying their worldview is right isn't any different from when an atheist does the same. People always hate on Chrisitans for thinking their view of the world is right. But then, everyone think their way is right. Atheists think the Christian concept of God is unreasonable, baseless, contradictory, and Christians themselves are judgemntal, exclusivist etc etc. Ooooh how intolerant, atheists obviously think they are better to arrive at their own correct beliefs.

[Fragony]

This is what I mean when I say that Christians saying their worldview is right isn't any different from when an atheist does the same. People always hate on Chrisitans for thinking their view of the world is right. But then, everyone think their way is right. Atheists think the Christian concept of God is unreasonable, baseless, contradictory, and Christians themselves are judgemntal, exclusivist etc etc. Ooooh how intolerant, atheists obviously think they are better to arrive at their own correct beliefs.

Atheists aren't as intrusive, everybody can do as they please, some religious people have problem showing the same courtesy, it's not enough to not shop on sundays, the stores need to be closed for everyone

[Rhyfelwyr]

Atheists aren't as intrusive, everybody can do as they please, some religious people have problem showing the same courtesy, it's not enough to not shop on sundays, the stores need to be closed for everyone

It's not like it doesn't work both ways, people of a left-wing persuasion seem to feel the need to make society work their way, look at the ban the burqa thread for a typical example.

Plus, there are double standards when it comes to spreading the ideas. If a Christian tries to convert someone, they get told to **** off and mind their own business. If an atheist tries to convert a Christian and the Christian tells them to **** off, then that's because they're brainwashed and won't challenge their beliefs.

You bring up an interesting example with the Sunday laws. Scotland was the only place in the UK that didn't have Sunday laws, yet it was the only place where shops actually shut on Sundays. Even in my lifetime this was the case, seems pretty extraordinary now but I guess it was just one of those quirks from the past. Anyway, the point was the shops shut because the people wanted them shut, not because they had to make it into another needless law, this is how things should work IMO.