[Serious Discussion] Religion

[Munch]

A 15 year old girl is sentenced to 100 lashes in the Maldives after she admitted to having pre-marital sex. This was while she was talking about her step-father raping her and murdering her baby (that the step-father put inside her).


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...13293.html


I see stories like this and I continue to wonder why religion is given special treatment when it comes to rules. Like on this site you're meant to be respectful to religions. Why? What makes them worthy of such respect? Why is it okay for someone to mock me for supporting Liverpool FC (football), or mock Liverpool FC in general, but it's not okay to mock someone for being Muslim or Christian (or their religion)? Both are made up organisations that we choose to follow, though usually influenced by parents. What makes religion and religious people more special than sports and sport fans?

I've never understood that.