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Same goes for me Mike, I can't stand people who try to push their believes on you.Mycernius said:Believe it or not I am actually quite tolerant towards people of different faiths. The only thing I ask for is don't try to push it on me. I will willing engage in discussion with someone who is willing to discuss their faith and debate on the existance or non-existance of God. Try to push it on me I will become nasty and I will deride anyone who does this to me, as many a JW and Mormon has found out. Most people who try to push their faith on you, especially Christians, do not really know much beyond the Bible they use. Ask a JW where the apocrapha is in their Bible. That throws them, after all their Bible is supposed to be a direct translation of the original.
Religion is fascinating, a lot of our culture is based around religion, but the dark side to it is something that ticks me off.Revenant said:Persistent prosylitizers unwelcome. Otherwise, I think religions are fascinating, and I am most interested in finding out more about the different paradigms of wisdom that have been incorporated into he various religions.
I am not so interested in campaigning for or against any particular religion, and find that people at either end of the spectrum can be a bit over the top.
I enjoy the more objective scholars, those that neither support nor attempt to debunk a particular religious tradition.
sabro said:I didn't think this was such a great topic, but it did get some initial action. Do you gentlemen think that religious tolerance is an important value?
sabro said:I believe that tolerance of other beliefs is an important value for many reasons. I have been disturbed by some of the sentiment that has been voiced on this forum and I was wondering how important this value really is.
sabro said:You guys don't think that people who raise their kids in the religion of their choice are guilty of "brainwashing" or "intellectual rape" or that teaching religion should be outlawed? (I would label statements to that effect as intolerant of religion.)
sabro said:I think a class in comparative religions would help people become more tolerant.
My question is this: Does it seem that the longer you are an atheist, the more superiority toward Christians in general you start to feel? Lately, I have been starting to feel animosity based
Many have this problem resulting in animosity or intolerance. Others have it show in the form of compassion or tolerance. Thomas Paine said tolerance is no improvement over intolerance: Tolerance says, "We will allow you hold your views"; whereas, intolerance says "We will not allow you to hold your views."
Often this is just a phase, and we can grow out of it if we apply ourselves.
I have found a dose of good old-fashioned John Stuart Mill mind-your-own-business libertarianism to be a solid cure. The "Forum" section of Playboy Magazine is a wonderful source for this wonderful attitude.
sabro said:Then you must understand that many people are simply unsatisfied with the messages and interpretive meaning of life given to them by science. That the inquiries into intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships as well as the meaning and purpose of life are questions not best answered by dialectic materialism.
I also don't have a problem with the idea that various religions and denominations can coexist either as long as they are deeply held and seriously accepted as the ultimate truth of the universe.sabro said:That would be my point. Science is not really equiped to give any message regarding the meaning of life. In this area it is a poor substitute for faith.
sabro said:That would be my point. Science is not really equiped to give any message regarding the meaning of life. In this area it is a poor substitute for faith.
sabro said:That would be my point. Science is not really equiped to give any message regarding the meaning of life. In this area it is a poor substitute for faith.
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