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Zhade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 04:46 PM
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226. Indeed. I have to respect people's right to believe what they will.
I have zero obligation to respect the beliefs they may hold.

I don't have to respect the belief that slavery is okay, or that women are subject to their husbands, or the loony nonsense that the world was literally created in six days.

I will never attack a believer for being a believer, but their beliefs are open to critique and argument. Virgin births and resurrections of the dead get no more pass from me, logic and truth-wise, than alleged Iraqi WMD claims.
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