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That's not what I call being respectful of someone's beliefs.
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This thread isn't about militant athiests or their perception of religion(s), it's about scientology being recognised by the Supreme Court as a religion.
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People are responding to the Supreme Court's decision - it's really not like you to try to stifle debate.
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Clearly certain people will take this as an affront to their perception of what their own religion represents and means to them. It appears to me that some people think scientology as a religion threatens their very faith.
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I'm pretty sure you're alone (or at least in a minority) with that assertion.
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Personally speaking I really don't get what the big issue is. All organised religions are equally ridiculous in my eyes, that is of course my own personal opinion. Whilst I find the notion of a supreme being ridiculous I do respect everyones right to practice a religion or faith should they wish to do so. If people feel value in doing so then, again, that's fine by me and good luck to them but nobody can have a monopoly on religion and the belief of supreme beings.
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OK I confess to being initially taken aback by that as I was always under the impression you were an Irish Roman Catholic. It appears we are very similar in how we view very opposing points - I consider the notion of militant atheism to be quite ridiculous too however just as you would for religious types, I respect (and would fight for) their right to have any principles or beliefs in their lives that they deem fit, just as long as they avoid me with them.
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To seek to deny others the right to practice a religion different to (some may say in competition with) ones own based on some human interpretaion of semantics is beyond laughable.
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Agreed (something many militant atheists would do well to pay heed to) although I can't quite see anyone trying to deny anybody anything.
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Again, as Pierre said, it's religious snobbery at its finest.
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It's only religious snobbery if the observer has been too lazy to ascertain the reason for someone's objection to a belief system being legally labelled a 'religion'.