We’re in the 21st century, and the vast majority of us still believe in an utterly and obviously fictional creator deity. Plenty of people, even in developed countries with decent educational systems, still believe in ghosts or magic (e.g. voodoo). And I–an atheist and a skeptic–am told I need to respect these patently false beliefs as cultural traditions.
Fuck that. They’re bad cultural traditions, undeserving of respect. Child-proofing society for these intellectually stunted people doesn’t help them; it is in fact a disservice to them to pretend it’s okay to go through life believing these things. We should demand that people contend with reality on a factual basis by the time they reach adulthood (even earlier, if I’m being completely honest). We shouldn’t be coddling people who profess beliefs that are demonstrably false, simply because their feelings might get hurt.
“People like them” are a greater majority than you assume, issue is we aren’t vocal about it, so nobody is head counting.
Walk through life as if others are equal to you regardless of belief, and you’ll be fine either way. Never hurts you to respect someone else’s sanctity.
Should we apply that logic to Nazi beliefs? I’m not taking sides here, but it’s not so black and white.
If you read my comments elsewhere in the
threadpost you’ll get the answer to your poorly baited question.Next disingenuous question please