Why do religious people always defend religion…..

naomi24 | 16:54 Sat 24th Nov 2012 | Religion & Spirituality

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…. regardless of the religion? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a religious person on here argue against another religion. I can understand them defending their own, but why defend those they obviously disagree with? Why, for example, does a Born Again Christian, or a Catholic, defend a Muslim or a Jehovah’s Witness – or vice versa? When presented with the unsavoury aspects of an alternative religion, they either disappear, or have no hesitation in distancing themselves from doctrine and practices that they, personally, find unacceptable – so why do it in the first place? Why not just be honest?

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Woofgang, //by abstention you may have (haven't checked) defended by abstention a flat earth, space aliens and the existence of the tooth fairy! //

I've yet to see a discussion on a flat earth or the tooth fairy to abstain from. However, I have given my opinion on space aliens - more than once.

woofgang

I said I hadn't checked, my point is, you cannot say that someone had defended something by abstention, simply because they haven't commented on a thread, the existence of which they may have been unaware.

naomi24

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Let me put it this way. I have never seen you criticise religion.

philipdalton

I for one have never defended those with different beliefs to my own, although perhaps I would in some cases if I felt they were being overly persecuted, as I would want another person to stick up for me in those circumstances.
I would never actually agree with someone who tried to reconcile a belief in creation with a belief in evolution, or who held a belief that God tortures many after death in Hell, for instance.

lightbulb247

//Why, for example, does a Born Again Christian, or a Catholic, defend a Muslim or a Jehovah’s Witness – or vice versa? //

there are many arguments between religions, such as Islam and Christianity as there are between atheists and religion.

naomi24

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there are many arguments between religions, such as Islam and Christianity as there are between atheists and religion.

It doesn't happen on AB - and that's what this question refers to.

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