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Chris Sinnard writes:
"So what? So hating people simply because they believe in god isn't a choice either?"
I am not sure I detect much outright hatred of other people because they believe on of the god claims but that is another question.
Prejudice against people because of their skin color and prejudice against religious beliefs, or people because of their religious beliefs are of course both choices.
But prejudice against someone because of something over which they have no choice - whether it is skin color, sex, height, circumstances of birth or whatever - is categorically different than prejudice against someone because of malleable behavior.
Does that need to be explained more explicitly?
