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Originally Posted by Skybird
Peace is maintained, and everybody is still free to think what he wants in private, with the public space not needing to bother for either the one or the other. And that's how it should be in a secular society, with any kind of relgion there is and atheism as well. Keep your oh so precious convictions pro of contra to yourselves, where they belong. They belong nowhere else than to the inside of your mind. Nature, the world, the cosmos give nothing for them, and many people live here that do not want to need giving time and awareness for them either.
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The same could be said of many other subjects where people hold "convictions" and we talk about them. Besides, this is a forum where people are free to hold discussions within the established guidelines, including subjects that I'm sure you'd be happy to see absolutely no "time and awareness" devoted to.
In all fairness, you bring up Islam and why it is evil on a pretty regular basis, so you discuss religion too. What if we had a Muslim here who disagreed with your views for religious reasons, or idealogical reasons, or political reasons? Should such a discussion then be forfeit, simply because it involves religion? Should we all be happy then to let the both of you keep your opinions to yourselves?
Religion, including atheism, is a broad subject with far-reaching implications in the secular world. It affects the behaviour of people, the values they hold, and the societies they live in, and is in turn affected by the same. Banning discussion of it is no different from banning discussion of any other institution. Ergo, I feel anyone who wants to should be able to express their opinions on religion, especially in the course of making a point or describing a position they hold.
There can still be peace, so long as people play by the rules they're always supposed to be playing by and demonstrate respect for others.
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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
Lets step away from the sermonizing please.
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And on that note, I will point out to the fellow believers that sermonizing does you no good here, anyway.