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You can't be friends with those you don't respect. Can Atheists and the very religious ever be good friends? Or never? Why?

Posted - November 17, 2017

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  • 6098
    They can and are. Religion is , after all, not the only thing that binds people.  And treating people with respect, whether we respect them or not, and whether they are friends or not, is I think important for social cohesiveness.  We concentrate too much on how others are different from us without thinking about the fact that probably in more ways they are like us. 
      November 17, 2017 4:56 AM MST
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  • 32529
    Depends if they can discuss without belittling the other or belittling the others believes or lack thereof. 
    Some can...most probably cannot. 
      November 17, 2017 5:15 AM MST
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