As an American citizen I respect everyone's right to believe what they want, as long as those beliefs aren't harmful to me or others. Thats what this country was founded on. Freedom.

Indubitably! Without question!

It is easier

Agreed.

Belief happens in someone's head. No one can interfere with my life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness from their head.

Hands, feet, mouths, ballots, and legislations are a different--stickier--story...

Bottom line: no one can get inside my head and make me believe anything, just like I can't get inside anyone's head and make them not believe something. The external, physical world is where we need to get along--and that begins with respect.

Exactly! Yes.

Another way to look at it with different phrasing... Your thoughts, feelings, and opinnions are yours alone. No one has the right to tell you what you should think, feel, or believe. You are the only one who can change what you think, feel, or believe.... and you do not have the right to tell others what they should think, feel or believe. They are they only ones who can change those things. Certainly all parties could have a discussion about their beliefs, but condemning another or feeling superior during those conversations wouldn't be welcome.

Yes. You do.

Definitely

That should not be an if but a sound yes

What irascible said.

I agree. I only lose my composure when a person assumes everyone is a believer. I refuse to engage in prayers or anything that enables believers to feel they have a right to assume others feel the way they do

Begrudgingly

Its necessary to respect that the individual has a belief, but you don't necessarily have to respect the belief of itself.