Religious people

[Anonymous]

Why people of different religions doesn't understand and respect each other. Other than conscious converts, everyone just follows their religious inheritance then why think one is superior than the other?

[Anonymous]

I think some do. Certainly my religious Christian grandparents, aunts, and cousins were happy when I converted to Judaism, because I shared a belief in God with them, instead of not having religion at all. There are many interfaith organizations doing good work in the world based on their religions' shared beliefs, regardless of the theological differences between them.

Of course, there are always going to be people who think their faith is the "right" one and anyone who doesn't believe is a sinner or is actively rejecting the "truth."

[Anonymous]

I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

As part of my kids' confirmation classes, they visited a number of worship services of different faiths and traditions, as part of better understanding their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

Do you see similar respect from religious people for agnostics and atheists?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

Do you see similar respect from religious people for agnostics and atheists?

This is my question too. People, in the US, at least, are taught that they should respect people with different religious beliefs, but they are not taught to respect people who do not have a religion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

As part of my kids' confirmation classes, they visited a number of worship services of different faiths and traditions, as part of better understanding their own.

That's a good thing. Would have been better if the kids were also taught to respect people who do not practice a religion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

As part of my kids' confirmation classes, they visited a number of worship services of different faiths and traditions, as part of better understanding their own.

That's a good thing. Would have been better if the kids were also taught to respect people who do not practice a religion.

Respect is earned. Stop trolling the religion forum with toxic screens and dumb analogies. Don't try to make my party about your atheism. And so on and so on.

[Anonymous]

Some religious people are accepting of differences.

Others feel threatened, because they're insecure in their faith.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

As part of my kids' confirmation classes, they visited a number of worship services of different faiths and traditions, as part of better understanding their own.

That's a good thing. Would have been better if the kids were also taught to respect people who do not practice a religion.

Respect is earned. Stop trolling the religion forum with toxic screens and dumb analogies. Don't try to make my party about your atheism. And so on and so on.

i.e. "Don't publicly question my beliefs, even if stating yours requires it. Don't compare my religion, which you think is ridiculous, to another religion, which we both know is ridiculous".

It's hypocrisy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

Do you see similar respect from religious people for agnostics and atheists?

This is my question too. People, in the US, at least, are taught that they should respect people with different religious beliefs, but they are not taught to respect people who do not have a religion.

How so?

[Anonymous]

Only on DCUM is there such hate for people who may or may not be spiritual and do not belong to a particular faith community.

In the real world, no one cares.

Here, there are a couple of particularly vicious anti-atheist trolls, just as there are a couple of vicious anti-Catholic trolls and some generally anti-religion trolls.

Trolls, your mistake is thinking that one example of a different belief system (atheism is also a belief system) means everyone of that community is the same way.

Also:

We are surrounded by belief systems. Collectively in the US, for example, most of us believe in democracy. Yet it is an entirely artificial construct, we need to all believe in it for it to work. Not like gravity: if you denied gravity, you'd still be controlled by it. But if you cease to believe in god/gods, or capitalism, or any of the constructs humankind has created... you can still live as homo sapiens somewhere, governed by the laws of nature.

So this stupid fight that some trolls try to create, atheism versus religion, is entirely ridiculous. These are ALL artificial constructs anyway. You are all in your respective corners, fighting about something made-up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM is there such hate for people who may or may not be spiritual and do not belong to a particular faith community.

In the real world, no one cares.

Here, there are a couple of particularly vicious anti-atheist trolls, just as there are a couple of vicious anti-Catholic trolls and some generally anti-religion trolls.

Trolls, your mistake is thinking that one example of a different belief system (atheism is also a belief system) means everyone of that community is the same way.

Also:

We are surrounded by belief systems. Collectively in the US, for example, most of us believe in democracy. Yet it is an entirely artificial construct, we need to all believe in it for it to work. Not like gravity: if you denied gravity, you'd still be controlled by it. But if you cease to believe in god/gods, or capitalism, or any of the constructs humankind has created... you can still live as homo sapiens somewhere, governed by the laws of nature.

So this stupid fight that some trolls try to create, atheism versus religion, is entirely ridiculous. These are ALL artificial constructs anyway. You are all in your respective corners, fighting about something made-up.

Atheism is not a belief system, just as asymptomatic is not a disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on DCUM is there such hate for people who may or may not be spiritual and do not belong to a particular faith community.

In the real world, no one cares.

Here, there are a couple of particularly vicious anti-atheist trolls, just as there are a couple of vicious anti-Catholic trolls and some generally anti-religion trolls.

Trolls, your mistake is thinking that one example of a different belief system (atheism is also a belief system) means everyone of that community is the same way.

Also:

We are surrounded by belief systems. Collectively in the US, for example, most of us believe in democracy. Yet it is an entirely artificial construct, we need to all believe in it for it to work. Not like gravity: if you denied gravity, you'd still be controlled by it. But if you cease to believe in god/gods, or capitalism, or any of the constructs humankind has created... you can still live as homo sapiens somewhere, governed by the laws of nature.

So this stupid fight that some trolls try to create, atheism versus religion, is entirely ridiculous. These are ALL artificial constructs anyway. You are all in your respective corners, fighting about something made-up.

The fight may be stupid, but not for the reason you give. If religious people were as accepting of non-religious people as they are of people of different religions there would not be cause for a fight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

Do you see similar respect from religious people for agnostics and atheists?

This is my question too. People, in the US, at least, are taught that they should respect people with different religious beliefs, but they are not taught to respect people who do not have a religion.

How so?

Have you ever heard of a teaching that directs religious people to be kind to and understanding of people who don't believe in God? I haven't.

I don't know of a teaching that directs people to be kind to people of different religions either, but at least in the US, we pay lip service to the idea.

Often in public ceremonies there will be clergy from a few different religions there, all making some sort of blessing from their tradition, but I've never seen a humanist officiant -- and they do exist - they often do weddings for non-religious couples.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see far more respect between religious people of various faith backgrounds than I do from non-religious people toward religious people.

As part of my kids' confirmation classes, they visited a number of worship services of different faiths and traditions, as part of better understanding their own.

That's a good thing. Would have been better if the kids were also taught to respect people who do not practice a religion.

Five posts later and you have moved the goal posts.