It depends. I will not lose respect for someone simply for being religious. If they use their religion to promote willful ignorance, hate or bigotry, *that* is what will cause me to lose respect for them.
I've known people from various religous backgrounds who were still intelligent, good people and who didn't take their faith to extreme measures.
The way I see it, all religions are different interpretations of mankind trying to understand itself. I don't believe in a god myself, but I believe in a higher power. It's not mystical, it's not supernatural, the higher power simply is the natural order, in life perpetuating itself. We are tiny players of an even larger universe that makes up one cohesive everything, we are just one snapshot of the great fractal of everything.
Is it normal to lose respect in someone if they believe in a god
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It depends. I will not lose respect for someone simply for being religious. If they use their religion to promote willful ignorance, hate or bigotry, *that* is what will cause me to lose respect for them.
I've known people from various religous backgrounds who were still intelligent, good people and who didn't take their faith to extreme measures.
The way I see it, all religions are different interpretations of mankind trying to understand itself. I don't believe in a god myself, but I believe in a higher power. It's not mystical, it's not supernatural, the higher power simply is the natural order, in life perpetuating itself. We are tiny players of an even larger universe that makes up one cohesive everything, we are just one snapshot of the great fractal of everything.