re: #1024 Sharmuta

No. If you think the Constitution is the guide book for conservatism, then there is nothing in the Constitution about individuals respecting religion.

What the Constitution states is, as individuals, we have the right to worship as we see fit, including if we wish to worship not at all. I respect a person’s right to worship- that does not mean I have to respect their religion.

We must tolerate their holding of religious beliefs so long as the practice of those beliefs does not interfere with other constitutional rights. Do you tolerate religion? To say you ‘[do not] have to respect their religion’ could be an admission that you are intolerant when you encounter the articulation of a belief system that counters the atheist view (which is, in itelf, a belief system). Do you? Is it?

Are there places or circumstances you suddenly become intolerant of the faithful?

Do I have to remind you the Judeo-Christian ethic is the foundation of our legal system?

If God is not the creator, then who or what is the creator?

“…to worship not at all…” Of course! But making a practice of killing the mockingbird is hardly ‘respect’, and is indeed the opposite of respect. Those atheists that pursue the faithful among us are guilty of intolerance for the holding of a belief system that disagrees with atheism. You can’t leave your beliefs in the church, synagogue, or, dare I say, mosque, if you are a true believer.

If you believe in God then you are a ‘creationist’ on some level. In God We Trust!

People of faith — at least the reasonable ones — respect one another’s faith. It’s the misapplication of faith that upsets true believers.