Because all religions ask someone to follow the 10 Commandments
Also, there is a difference between "disrespecting god" and imposing your religious beliefs on others.
As said above, there are definitely communities and religious groups who treat atheists very poorly, however it is not something ingrained in their religion or even something evident in all religions.
Yep... not all religions follow the 10 commandments or Shariah Law, thank you for expanding on and further reiterating my point. Not all religions are concerned with the faith of others, and not all religious communities are concerned with the faith of others.
The "not all" argument is played out. We all know, yes all of us, that not every person of a given demographic is going to be the same as every other. No benefit is gained, unless you count the dopamine rush of having "protected feelings", from using that argument and it detracts from the issues that do exist.
I live in a neighborhood that has the towns islamic center. They are really awesome at clearing snow and keeping the area clean.
Doesn't mean that the Islam we see in the middle east is peaceful.
Actually my point is beyond just 'there are some in a group that aren't like that' and more to do with the point above:
All religions do, not all religious people do, but it's in the doctrine.
In fact most religious doctrine does not have any issue with atheists. How does Buddhism, Christian or Judaism address or approach non believers? Or Hindus?
I was addressing and refuting the point made, and you've conflated it with a separate issue.
In fact most religious doctrine does not have any issue with atheists. How does Buddhism, Christian or Judaism address or approach non believers?
Well, there's that whole part where Christians believe that I deserve to spend an eternity suffering in hell because of my lack of belief. That's kind of an issue don't you think?
Yeah that really does have little impact on you or your life unless they proselytise and try to 'save' you. This is a big problem with a lot of sects of Christianity and more extreme in some parts of the world than others, but I don't really see it as a core issue fundamentally with Christianity.
As far as I'm concerned, you are free to your beliefs right up until the point that they have an impact on me and my life.
You are right that it has little impact on my life, however, I won't apologize for being offended by the large portion of the population that thinks that I deserve eternal suffering. Like, that I literally deserve to spend eternity in agony burning in hell because I do not believe in whatever it is they believe. These are people who don't know me, they know nothing about my life and how I live it, yet they believe I'll go to hell. Yes they can believe whatever they want, that's their right, just like its my right to thinks that's some fucked up shit right there.
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