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Originally Posted by psili
There are many idiots, and their name is Legion.
Seriously, though. Just because I grew up in one culture and think death by stoning is wrong, should I disrespect someone who thinks it right? Where does one draw the line?
Should I be disrespected because I think a euthanasia chamber should be available at every convenient store, available to all who want to use one, ala Soylent Green.
I have no answers. Unless someone encroaches on my ability to live how I want, and as long as I don't encroach on others, what do I have to say in the matter. Other than stay out of those discussions as one can't argue belief systems.
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You provide the answer to your own question. Death by stoning is something people very rarely do to themselves. So, those in favor of it do want to encroach upon the rights of others.
When people say that they are opposed to gay marriage, they usually mean they want to prevent other people from engaging in them, rather than that they're not planning to get one themselves. Same thing with abortion, euthanasia, etc.
The problem with most religions is that they just don't want to allow people to live their lives according to different principles.
And the problem does not just lie with a few fundamentalists. It lies with the basic tenets of those religions.
Take this, for example:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...013&version=9;
Or better yet, look at this:
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html
So if someone actually believes the bible to be true, and has read it, how can those beliefs possibly be respected? That book is as vile as Hitler's "Mein Kampf", if not more so.