Reply #108: because it is part of who people are [View All]

[imenja]

I respect people's religious choices because I respect others. We respect because to do so is to behave humanely. To disrespect others says nothing about the target of that respect. Rather it reveals a profound absence of character on the part of the person who disrespects. It's not very complicated. Either you behave like a decent person or not.
How you can presume to look into my soul and know more about my faith than I do suggests a kind of arrogance I can't begin to comprehend. Nor do I want to. One need not be religious to behave morally, but to behave as part of the human race one needs to determine some sort of moral compass that guides behavior.