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 | | From: | axlq | | Subject: | Re: Talking To Someone Upset About The Term Atheist | | Date: | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:08:22 -0500 |
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 | In article <3L8TzC.A.BoK.f2CXBB@sol01.isp.gweep.ca>,
whistle wrote:
>I'm kinda getting away from the theory that I held when I was
>younger... that you need to respect the beliefs of other people, no
>matter how far-fetched they might be.
Oddly, those who are most steeped in unquestioned faith feel the
same way. I actually saw a quote from one of these people saying
something like "Why should *I* be tolerant of other beliefs?
Showing tolerance is the same as admitting I'm wrong!"
-A
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| | From: | Earle Jones | | Subject: | Re: Talking To Someone Upset About The Term Atheist | | Date: | Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:12:05 -0500 |
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| In article , axlq@spamcop.net (axlq)
wrote:
> In article <3L8TzC.A.BoK.f2CXBB@sol01.isp.gweep.ca>,
> whistle wrote:
> >I'm kinda getting away from the theory that I held when I was
> >younger... that you need to respect the beliefs of other people, no
> >matter how far-fetched they might be.
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> Oddly, those who are most steeped in unquestioned faith feel the
> same way. I actually saw a quote from one of these people saying
> something like "Why should *I* be tolerant of other beliefs?
> Showing tolerance is the same as admitting I'm wrong!"
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This is perfectly logical to the believer. Nowhere in the Bible is
one taught to respect or even to be tolerant of other religions.
earle
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"Nowhere in the scriptures will you find any encouragement to
study, to learn, to enquire. Nowhere will you find any praise for
intelligence. And nowhere will you find any doctrine that promotes
respect for those of other religions."
--J. Smith-Slattery
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| | From: | Signpoet | | Subject: | Re: Talking To Someone Upset About The Term Atheist | | Date: | Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:46:34 -0500 |
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| > I actually saw a quote from one of these people saying
>> something like "Why should *I* be tolerant of other beliefs?
>> Showing tolerance is the same as admitting I'm wrong!"
This is perfectly reasonable. If you were in a third-world country trying to
clean up an infected water supply, your faith in the germ theory of disease
would not permit you to be tolerant of the witch doctor who insisted that
exorcism was the only way to solve the problem.
Ah, you say, but the germ theory has been proven beyond doubt (and I agree with
you). But the believer is just as free of doubt.
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