Surprised you keep latching on to this respect thing and not read the rest of what's being said.
Now I didn't say anything about disrespect. And I think you misinterpret Randomideas' statement on that. I also don't respect religion much, but religion is not a person, religion is a thing. Religion is and always has been the cause of most wars. Religion is and has been used as a tool to manipulate ppl and to obtain power.
I believe the original scriptures of what is now called the bible, are very very pure and the absolute truth.
However, this truth has been ripped out of context, many of these truths, original scrolls, are carefully being hidden and guarded in the Vatican. If ppl were to find out what was in those scrolls, churches would very likely cease to exist. The powerful and very rich ppl that use religion to remain powerful, wouldn't want that to happen.
So yes, in that sense I do not respect religion much, nor the people that wield it for their own benefit.

I can, however, respect religious ppl, even though their believes aren't congruent with mine.
They are people with free choice and will and they choose to believe in a specific religion. No reason why I can't or shouldn't respect them.

But I don't think I could live with someone like that, simply because our views would be way too different and it would cause friction.