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I thought this was quite interesting, especially some of the comments.... (Original Post) madmom Jan 2012 OP
maybe a little more info so that people don't fear being "RickRolled"? zbdent Jan 2012 #1
ok sorry about that....here's the opening 3 paragraphs.. madmom Jan 2012 #2
Danger Will Robinson! dmallind Jan 2012 #3

madmom

(9,681 posts)
2. ok sorry about that....here's the opening 3 paragraphs..
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 02:48 PM
Jan 2012

Please respect my religion!
by D.M. Murdock/Acharya S

We are often asked to "respect people's religions." In the first place, many religious ideas are very disrespectful to human beings and are not worthy of respect. Secondly, what about people respecting our religion in return?

The word "religion" comes from the Latin noun religiō, which means, among other things, "scrupulousness" or "conscientiousness." In my perspective of reality, I endeavor to be extremely scrupulous and conscientious. Hence, one could call me "religious" and my perspective "religion."

My religion does not call people "infidels," "heretics," "goyim," "heathens" or "sinners," who are "other" and "alien," unlike us and worthy of contempt, exploitation or worse....
http://freethoughtnation.com/index.php

dmallind

(10,437 posts)
3. Danger Will Robinson!
Fri Jan 20, 2012, 06:41 PM
Jan 2012

It's bad enough that godbotherers call atheism a religion without our own playing semantic games to do the same, for whatever reason. The would principally means to bind or constrict as I'm sure Murdock et al. know full well, and atheism likes any binding strictures or credo, defined in fact by their absence. Going to tertiary meanings to stretch a minor point while conceding a major, and false, accusation is a silly gambit.

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