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Originally posted by evenodds
Edited to add: they are not evangelical, and no one has ever tried to convert me or save me. What's the big deal with respecting other people's beliefs?
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I've eaten shellfish at dinner with Orthodox Jewish friends. They didn't take offense. They just laughed at my obvious ignorance when I offered them a cherrystone clam. Nobody got offended - they just did their thing and I did mine. That's how its supposed to work.
Your "respect" is one sided. They should respect your belief that drinking alcohol is ok. Why do the ultra-religious get to inflict their views on the rest of us by taking unreasonable offense or being judgmental, yet we can't do it back to them? Seems pretty hypocritical on their part. They don't have to drink the wine, but they ought to bite their lips and act like grown ups when a grown woman from a different background has a drink.
This "respect" either goes both ways or it goes none.
