ext_45042 ([identity profile] elenbarathi.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] conuly 2010-11-06 03:27 am (UTC)

I have to agree, Not Proselytizing is a big point in their favor. Other points I would wonder about are: what's the status of women in that faith? How are people who choose to leave it regarded, or who marry someone of another faith - are they still family or friends, or are they shunned? What about those who are gay, or who have children outside marriage? What's the prevailing attitude toward the rearing of children - kind and patient, or strict and punitive?

Surely, there are good people of every faith, and the fact that I oppose the power-agenda-based premises of the Abrahamic religions doesn't mean I hate or dislike the people who practice them. Sheesh, that would mean hating over half the world, millions of people! No indeed, I look on the Abrahamic religions as being like alcohol or tobacco in a whole lot of ways; just because I think they're bad for people doesn't mean I think people are bad for doing them. Nor do I think that my opinion that something is bad for people is a justification for trying to take it away from them. They have brains of their own; they can decide for themselves what's good or not good for them.

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