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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even though we live in a secular democracy, our world is more prone to religious thinking than it is to secular thinking. In real-life small talk and in comments on message boards like this one, people often put things in a religious context, sometimes without realizing or intending it. For people who want to be more sensitive about this when in a non-religious setting, here are some comments to avoid: 
 
-	“What church do you go to?”

-	“I’ll pray for you.”

And a recent response on this  forum to a former Southern Baptist who became an atheist: 
 
-	“This is why crap religions piss me off. You shouldn’t be denied a relationship with the eternal energy.”

(pp either doesn’t know or doesn’t care that atheists don’t believe in an eternal energy and thus don’t think in terms of being denied it.)

-	“God bless you.”

(Even atheists will say “God bless you” after someone sneezes.  It’s automatic! They don’t realize they’ve said it until it’s out.  It’s not meant religiously even among religious people.  It’s just our way of acknowledging a sneeze.  Maybe we could get used to the European focus on health -- “Salud” or “Gesundheit.”)

Any other examples or ideas on how to handle it?  Hope to hear from both religious and non-religious people.
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You don't get to tell me how to live with my faith.

How to handle it?  Not be a bigot[/quote]

OK so no one gets to tell you how to deal with your faith, but you get to tell others how to deal with theirs.

You get to make religious statements to non-religious people, but they don't get to say what they believe to you.

That sounds very Christian to me.[/quote]

You don't have a belief to express.  But yes, biting back if a Christian says God bless or Muslim says inshaallah or whatever is obnoxious.  Just live your life without needing to be argumentative or nasty.  Live and let live[/quote]

I don't have a belief to express?  Says who?

How about this: you keep your beliefs to yourself and we'll have no problem at all.  But that's not what you want.  You want yours to be the only acceptable ones.  Sorry, no. At least not until you are successful in getting your theocracy to change the constitution.

So if you get to say your religious things, people with different beliefs get to say theirs.  Like the fact that there is insufficient evidence for what you believe and it is likely untrue.

/ps when people sneeze I say "salut" and it always works.[/quote]

^ yeah, but you have to pick your battles in this life.  I basically agree with you but have never seen it necessary to tell them to keep their religious comments to themselves. I agree with that pp above, most of it is innocent stuff that can be overlooked. [/quote]

A few years ago it was considered innocent stuff to make fun of gay people.  I don't recall anyone ever telling straight people to stop doing it, but somehow it changed.  It wasn't acceptable or cool any more.  Maybe some day it won't be acceptable to talk to people as if everyone is religious.[/quote]

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