Atheist Meme of the Day: Religious Rules Don't Apply To People Who Don't Believe Them

Today's Atheist Meme of the Day. Pass this on; or don't; or edit it as you see fit; or make up your own. Enjoy!

No religion has the right to expect other people to follow its rules. It is absurd to demand that people obey religious laws they don't believe in. And it is absurd to claim that failure to do so is a form of disrespect. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.

Comments

[Paul Crowley]

Damn, can't see this on Facebook yet!

[Susan]

I have a button that I wore on my coat for years, and still have on my refrigerator: "He is YOUR god, they are YOUR rules, YOU burn in hell."

[El Suscriptor Justiciero]

I'd even argue that Religious Rules Don't Apply To People Who Believe Them Either. They're no ethics or morality, they're just bullshit.

[Glenn]

I would like to take this argument a little further. Although "respecting" someone else's religion seems fair on the surface, in reality, it is the opposite. It is the Religious who "disrespect" the non-religious by relentlessly forcing their beliefs upon everyone else, and people have the right to fight back by exposing the absurdity of their beliefs. It is the Religious who fanatically “disrespect” the right of other people’s “Freedom FROM Religion”. So what the Religious are saying is: "We can hit you, but you can't hit us."