We've all been brought up with the view that religion has some kind of special privileged status. You're not allowed to criticise it.
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People really, really hate their religion being criticized. It's as though you've said they had an ugly face; they seem to identify personally with it.
I don't care what your religion is, as long as it doesn't chastise anybody that's not part of it.
Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked; therefore whoever would argue or laugh it out of the world without giving some equivalent for it ought to be treated as a common enemy.
Bad Religion has never been about criticizing people who are Christian. But we've always been about pointing out the irony and contradictions in Christian theology and the more extreme versions of Christians that seek to challenge modern secularism.
I'm not here to criticize anyone.
I don't believe any religion should be exclusive or feel superior in any way, or be judgmental. It should be a quiet, private thing.
If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.
Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say.
People have a right to criticize.
To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom.