I have no problem with anyone being "religious" or "non-religious" however they personally choose to define these terms. The types I cannot simply tolerate at the "religious" people who claim they have the only truth or right way to worship God. And that their Holy Book is superior to all other Holy Books. I am a person who believes in God but that he is not partial and in any country, ethnic group or religion, any person that does good to others is acceptable in his eyes. And I personally have found much that I agree with and respect in the Bible, Tanakh, and Koran.
On the other side - there are non-religious type people who are just as forceful with pushing their views.
As someone who used to have a different more narrow view of others I have to say I am now ashamed of that aspect of my past and have learned my lesson and have tried hard to change my ways. Of course it is a learning process and my views change each day according to my experiences with others around me so even my current views may change in the future. I am trying to broaden my mind and experiences by coming into contact with others of differing beliefs rather than associating in a narrow group believing in only one thing.
One thing that I hope will never change is that I will never again have the haughty, judgemental attitude towards others who simply have a difference of belief like the one I had in the WT organinzation. I am not against discussing points of faith with religious people or asking them hard questions about their faith - which may even get them to question certain aspects of it. But feel any effort on my part to demand they believe what I say or my personal interpretation of scripture and then if not condem them by name calling or saying they will be destroyed by my God in the future, would be going back to the old ways of myself. And back then, I was not a very good person. Lilly