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Originally Posted by Jack_

The 'respect others beliefs' argument is essentially to make the world a better place. Now, if we're all 'accepting' others beliefs, we are not insulting them, nor wanting them to die or anything of the sort, just accepting them, and moving on. That still makes the world 'a better place'.

Okay maybe we have all been arguing over the wrong word. But accepting, is in a way respecting anyway right? You're aknowledging that other beliefs exist and other people live their life by them - for whatever reason, and continuing to let them live a peaceful life without insulting or doing anything that could be considered offensive. To me that is respecting anyway? In the dictionary under respect there is this:

"to refrain from intruding upon or interfering with"

As one of the definitions, and that is specifically what I was talking about.