Which explains why I always argue in favour of religious tolerance and the right of people to believe whatever they want to believe
Of course, unless that belief impacts on others negatively.
Child genital mutilation, male or female?
Age of consent of 9?
Subjugation of women?
One must always be mindful that polite tolerance cannot be confused for cowardly condoning. It’s how the Nazi party managed to commit so much evil unchallenged.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke
Thomas Mann, “Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” Samuel Langhorne Clemens
“With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil—that takes religion.” Steven Weinberg