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"just as I regard a present-day Christian as being wrong when he/she thinks of their local church as being sacred."

How can you say someone is 'wrong' when you are dealing with such pure subjectivity as personal sacred space?

Because, as I understand it, Christians believe there is a God.

I believe that to be wrong.

I understand that churches are built for the worship of this non-existent God.

As I believe that they are wrong to have faith in a non-existent God, then I see it as logical that I believe that they are wrong to built structures for the worship of this non-existent God.

They go on to claim that this structure is `sacred` to their non-existent God.

I believe that that claim is wrong, obviously.

Can you believe that?


baz

I can't answer for Baza, but I read baza's opinions and shared them.

I would say that it is a type of principle and if you follow it through you get a logical conclusion, which can seem harsh. If you believe that belief in religion is wrong, then naturally everything they believe is 'wrong' to you. Not 'wrong' as in shout it in their face, "you are wrong, you must change", but 'wrong' compared to your stance.

This, to me, is similar (but with a lot more ownership and free thinking) to the Christian, and other religions, belief in a principle that they have been taught and have been told is 'correct', and to them therefore everything that is opposed to their principle is 'wrong' to them. However, they would rarely be brave enough to admit that they believe other people are 'wrong'. I'm afraid, in my experience, this is something that goes hand in hand with religion - the idea that everyone else is 'wrong'. Take that away from most religions and they crumble. Allow one chink in the armour to appear, one logical argument to be accepted, one leap of faith to be questioned, and down she goes.