Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Walking in someone else's shoes


It never ceases to amaze me how some religious people (and theocratic states, like Pakistan) feel that their religious ideas should be respected and even obeyed by everyone else. The reality is that as the chart shows, for most religions no matter how strongly adored or venerated, the rest of the conscious world doesn't care what you believe and nor should they. Until some evidence (and I mean evidence that would hold up in a court of law) is forthcoming that any religion is actually true, even in a small way (i.e. not just allegorically or vaguely philosophically) then they're all just "ideas", akin to hobbies or literature and should be regarded by non-participants that way. Certainly deserving of tolerance, but not automatic respect (which has to be earned IMO) i.e. nothing special to the average kuffar..

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