This uncritical privileging of religious ideas also renders us incapable of calling out bigotry and intolerance when it masquerades as faith.
But that’s a major part of what religion is about. If you remove their ability to demonize nonbelievers or other groups, how are they going to define their own identity?
The reality is, if the guy needs to go around with a sword in his pants, then he cannot go into the park. That’s it. I could say that my religion requires me to carry an assault rifle everywhere I go, does that mean I can walk into an airplane with it because it’s my religion?
But that’s a major part of what religion is about. If you remove their ability to demonize nonbelievers or other groups, how are they going to define their own identity?
The reality is, if the guy needs to go around with a sword in his pants, then he cannot go into the park. That’s it. I could say that my religion requires me to carry an assault rifle everywhere I go, does that mean I can walk into an airplane with it because it’s my religion?