How does followers of a religion equal to respect, most people are born and raised into some religion, they didn’t chose said religions, and they either partially or completely disconnected from it but if asked what their religion is would still say it’s XYZ, cause not many wanna deal with religious lunatics and their antics if you say you agnostic or atheist, I still claim to be part of the religion I was born into if asked, doesn’t mean I follow it. Also if the people who explicitly claim to be a part of this religion they respect, maybe they wouldn’t help pedophiles rape children

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_sexual_abuse_cases

Cause I doubt your god would find that respectful, or the millions of other atrocities committed by the millions of other religions and followers.