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> It's important to respect their religious liberty even if you disagree

Respect in what sense? My stepsister is religious so I "respect" her by not talking about this subject.

But if she ever talk with me about religion I would say that I'm an atheist who believe that all religions are a kind of self deception to make believers feel better..

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By not writing off everyone who is religious as categorically wrong or incorrect in every other category?

Which no one in this thread has done? The article even has advice on this matter quoted at the root of this thread: "reminding us that falling for such fictions doesn’t make us stupid or bad people".

Confidently labeling religious beliefs as "fictions" seemed a bit disrespectful to me.

Labelling it fiction is more respectful than labelling it baloney. But if the belief is non-falsifiable or outrigth falsified, then it is baloney.

People should be allowed to belive whatever they want, but that does not mean other should have to belive it.

Belief in any one religion usually entails a corresponding belief that all other religions are "fictions".

Atheism is just adding one number to that count.

That's sad. I'd assume your love for you sister would make you find common ground in doubt and humility, virtues of both science and religion. Every single human tells themselves lies to feel better, we just call them Justice or Democracy. We're just self-conscious meatbags thrust into existence against our will, after all.

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