Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
Most religions aren't based on respect - as your friend so aptly showed. Theirs is right, everyone else is going to Hell / should be killed / is subhuman. Why should I accept their prejudice merely as it's been around for a long time?

Just because you don't agree with someone doesn't mean you can't respect them.

For example, I do not think all atheists are scum of the earth, many of them are better people than their Christian counterparts. Or another example, when me and PVC have our free will determinism debate, we respect each others wordlviews in that they make sense and come from strong well educated traditions, without saying that we are both right. On the other hand, we have less respect for, say, the modern day Evangelical take on the matter, since it doesn't make sense really.