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willy Skrev:

avantismo Skrev:Der er kun en regel i min religion

Regel nr 1 : Respekter alle andre mennesker og deres religion.

I might respect the person . But never any religion Willy

I understand what you are saying, but you need to be realistic. You have traveled as I have, and have met many people and religions. Just take Muslims - orthodox Catholics or orthodox Jews - or Indian Hindus - To them religion is so special, that it makes no sense to say you respect the man but not his religion. They will find you living a godless life with no respect for anything spiritual, but only for money and yourself (and I am not saying they are right, just that they will look at you that way)
To get peace and understanding you need to respect even their religion. You do not need to respect the violent part or the fundamentalists within each religion, Muslims calling down death for all woman who show their hair and sing – or the pope being against condoms, even if it could help fight HIV in Africa – but basically – religion is something you have to embrace with respect, in order to make any sense what so ever, to you saying I respect all people.

It is such an integrated part of probably 50-60% of all people of the world, so telling them you do not respect their religion, would not make sense – if you really mean you respect all people.
Otherwise you will have to say: I respect about 40% of all people at maximum, for thinking much like I do, and the rest I disrespect

I do not see myself as a religious person by the way. I have without problem answered the question - DO you believe in God - from e.g. people in Bangladesh who had to leave a meeting to join the Friday prayer. My answer has been – I am not as believing as you are, but I am sure, if there is a god, there is only one universal god, no matter what name he is given. No little girl in Rome will go to hell for believing in the same god as the pope, and no little boy on Greenland will go to hell for not ever praying to God. God – whoever he is, is not so interested in himself or his reputation, and will embrase, if they have been good – and the 10 commandments as we know them in Denmark, will probably cover them, – no matter what the name of the God should be.
Those I have talked to, and that is quite many respect that, but if I tell them I am an atheist, then that is not good in their ears. It is all about RESPECT in the positive meaning of that misused word.

Sorry for the much too long answer br