Religion And Respect

[Paigntonian]

Today, yet again, when ABers raise issues that touch on religion, they are confronted by a barrage of bile, ridicule and condescension. It is a measure of those who do so that they can only engage in insults, many of them highly personal. I don't recall any of the even slightly religious attacking atheists or agnostics in this manner. And that, I suppose, speaks volumes.

[Zacs-Master]

And a clean pair of Y fronts

[gness]

It’s always the same! I really dislike bananas. :-(

[Zacs-Master]

Even baked in tinfoil with brandy and then smothered in whipped double cream?

[gness]

Nope. Not even if you flambé it. :-(.

[Zacs-Master]

Philistine! (Ooops, we’re back to religion)

[Mozz71]

Theland, no disrespect intended, but how can you display such exasperation at disrespect shown to your religion when you show the same lack of respect to different beliefs?

[Theland]

No I don't unless they plant bombs

[gness]

Planting bombs is despicable. As is tearing babies from mothers, killing those babies and dumping their bodies in a sewer.

[Mozz71]

Without wanting to get into to big a discussion about it (I'm too tired and quite frankly, fed up to be committed to that), I've seen you verbally attack Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists all in the past, not to mention other Christian faiths, such as Roman Catholics or Protestants. Not all these has "planted bombs" to my knowledge.

[Theland]

No you haven't. If Hindus want to drink cow pee, they don't hurt anybody else.
As for the rest, yes, but please don't be lazy and put it into context.

[Mozz71]

Okay, take Hindus out of that list, and you admit to disrespecting those other belief systems in the past, but expect respect towards your own. Plenty of atrocities have been committed in the name of your God, but personally, I like to treat someone as an individual rather than blame them for the acts of others.

[andy-hughes]

Theland - // No I don't unless they plant bombs //

Once again your lazy cultural bigotry raises its ugly head.

To suggest that all Muslims plant bombs is lazy an inaccurate, and you have been advised of this many times.

You wouldn't appreciate it if someone posted that all Christians were like this -

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Westboro-Baptist-Church

would you?

[Smowball]

Morning Andy x

[Theland]

Mozz and Andy - Quite right both of you.
The trouble is the necessity for context and detail, and to be perfectly honest I'm just too tired tonight.
I'd !ike to get back to this

[Paigntonian]

Such has been the intensity of today's debate on religion, philosophy, existentialism etc. that I had to take refuge in Shirley Bassey's Electric Proms on YouTube. And it cheered me up no end. So, as dear Ringo would have it, peace and love, peace and love.

[1ozzy]

//I don't recall any of the even slightly religious attacking atheists or agnostics in this manner//

Must have a short memory.

[naomi24]

This OP should be in jokes.

[pixie374]

Believe it or not, I agree paigntonian. Respect both ways (to ABers, not necessarily religions) works best. Some religious people are happy to discuss and debate, others aren't.
The difficulty with religion, is that it's, by definition, irrational. So, when somebody tries to rationalise it, on a public site... it's easy to show otherwise.
R&S could really be closed overnight, if everybody was just honest enough to say "I believe this, because I want to".

[Theland]

Are the last two posts not a display of superiority?

[Peter Pedant]

// gness: That's why you're starting your own Church?//

erm wasnt there just a ABer perhaps an ex journalist and from Devon who was deploring making cheap jibes about religion?

I theenk there may have been