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By employing logic. I like to think, I like to learn.
Because it is like a game of GO. You have to employ logic and intuition to dissect an argument and counter it. Now, one can say that religious beliefs are some very low hanging fruit, especially the crazier ones, but not if you aim to convince your interlocutor, not only the audience.
In the past i used to be very concerned about what other believed, because i was "sure" my belief was more "correct" than theirs, but that falled so hard on is back that i realized, if i gonna have a chance to become the one i "thought" i was. i have to focus on my own learning instead of trying to tell others what they "should" believe.
Because some of those beliefs would see me not having the full rights that citizens are entitled to. It also means sometimes there unnecessary suffering, and children needlessly suffer and die. Because sometimes they want to force their beliefs on others using the public school system, and teach what they approve of rather than the actual subject (like science and history). If it were more something like a bunch of snake bitters getting themselves killed and not getting children involved I wouldn't mind. But many (particularly the Christian Religious Right) wants special treatment, special privileges, and special rights not bestowed on others simply because they take to some passages in a book they look to that teaches them to be intolerant bigots and refuse to let their children be treated by real doctors and real medicine.
If beliefs don't inform behaviours, then they are not really beliefs, are they?
Some theists believe that they must spread the word of God. So, they often go door to door and recruit new members.
I am not really concerned, but I am annoyed with certain religious beliefs because I think that are positively harmful to individuals but especially harmful to society and they have nothing to do with the Will of God for this age.
You can't shop any other day except Sundays and holidays???
Because I care about society and people's beliefs and worldviews impact society as a whole.
and the lives of millions of other people.
That's not the point. Sundays are convenient, I was in our town this morning an shops were closed because they couldn't open until 11:00
Lucky them. I wish my work would close on Sundays, or at least open later. It's not exactly enjoyable having to be at work before the crack of dawn on a Sunday. I am debating removing Sunday from my schedule availability altogether.
Over here, I remember when stores were closed for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and often only open a few hours in the afternoon on Sundays, if they were open at all. That is not the case anymore, and many--if not most--places are open on the Holidays, and Sundays are about like any other day, except maybe a closing time that' a couple hours earlier than normal.
I don't like working on Mondays, but I do
Okay?
Good question but, for practical purposes, I doubt that the Court could hold that the Founders meant for the Constitution to support unjust or immoral laws.
No, I understand his snarky reply. I'm just dismissing it. I don't care which shopping day is more convenient for him, just like he doesn't care about my troubles working on Sundays.