Reply #22: That is not my point. [View All]

[Skinner]

You have good reasons to believe that the arguments for and against religion are not mirror images. It is an argument that (I think) almost all non-believers would agree with. But I doubt that most believers would see the difference you articulate. But that is not my point.

My point is that the OP is arguing that disrespect is permissable. This begs the question whether believers are also free to argue that disrespect is permissable. Allow me to repeat my as-of-now unanswered question from above:

By setting up a test by which desrespect is permissable, it creates a situation where the other side is "free" to make a similar argument. When a non-believer says that disrespect is permissable, then wouldn't it (in effect) give permission to the other side to disrespect as well?