I fully agree. However there are times when, after what can feel like a lifetime of trying to objectively and diplomatically reason with the religious to absolutely no avail, you just have to scream and vent a little bit to save you from going insane. This is my outlet.

“You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place.” Jonathan Swift

Even if you disagree with someone’s beliefs and the way they lead their lives, I think it’s worth doing things like getting your facts straight and taking an objective stance with perspective. It’s easy to spout polemic and ridicule – in fact, that’s how some religious leaders function. Surely the role of the non-religious is to be grounded in logic and perspective?

As for respect, if anyone wants my respect they have to earn it. I’m afraid that these people have not done so.

1. Jews don’t believe in hellfire and damnation, the reason they follow laws is to get closer to their god.
2. Finding an “ingenious workaround” to a religious law is a very Jewish thing to do, though in this case I think they’ve actually missed the point – if you care enough about a religious way of conducting yourself, then surely you don’t work around it.
3. If you think of censorship as a way to stop people talking, then it’s bad. However, people do have the right to choose what sort of material they are exposed to, and if “Koogle” is a material filter for people to use so they don’t offend their sensibilities, then is it bad?
4. Kugel is a jewish foodstuff, so Koogle probably got its name as a joke.

A bit of perspective and respect doesn’t cost too much. Even if a 6000 year old religion is, well, a bit made up.