Atheists & Agnostics

LostOne4Ever

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10. Funny thing, the ones who demand respect for other religions

Sun May 10, 2015, 05:14 AM

May 2015

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[div class="excerpt" style="margin-left:1em; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; border-radius:0.4615em; box-shadow:3px 3px 3px #999999;"]I’ve been in a lot of debates with religious believers over the years. And some of the ugliest, nastiest, most bigoted anti-atheist rhetoric I’ve heard has come from progressive and moderate believers espousing the supposedly tolerant principles of ecumenicalism.

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]This should be framed.[/font]

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Excuse me if this has been posted before: Why should atheists have to show respect for religion? [View all] PassingFair May 2015 OP

Man, Greta nails it again! beam me up scottie May 2015 #1

A friend of mine just sent it to me. PassingFair May 2015 #2

We're lucky too! beam me up scottie May 2015 #3

Yes, this should be posted in Religion once a month skepticscott May 2015 #7

Required reading only works when people want to learn. beam me up scottie May 2015 #8

From the "We, as a nation" that's been living in Canada Lars39 May 2015 #9

I did not know that. beam me up scottie May 2015 #15

Yes, indeedy! Lars39 May 2015 #18

K&R deucemagnet May 2015 #4

In two paragraphs shes very accurately describes my stance on religious issues. Promethean May 2015 #5

Thanks for posting this! haikugal May 2015 #6

Funny thing, the ones who demand respect for other religions LostOne4Ever May 2015 #10

shit like this would never happen here. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #11

Wow! SusanCalvin May 2015 #12

Welcome. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #13

Stick around! PassingFair May 2015 #14

Welcome fellow Bernie fan! beam me up scottie May 2015 #16

Thanks for the greetings! SusanCalvin May 2015 #20

Grand! Also, please see Stephen Fry's epic speech here... Duppers May 2015 #17

That entire debate was epic. progressoid May 2015 #19