Hey Rick...Sometimes we agree?:eek:
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As an atheist I have no great fondness for any of the three Semitic religions, but I do find bigotry distateful. Given the state of the world today, having an understanding of the religious perspectives of others is invaluable. Bigotry is just another obstacle.
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I don't fit the atheist category..but I do agree that religious belief is a peculiarly human phenomena? Religions are human inventions of the theory and reason for our, and the worlds, existence? Metaphysical expressions?
It follows that since some humans are bigoted/.subjective/inventive, there are flaws in most humanly conceived belief systems?
I do not agree that pointing our the origins and peculiarities of a founder of a religion, that has some pretty violent passages in its holy book, is bigotry?
Pointing out differences is crucial to discussion!