RE: Question For Fellow Atheists...
January 13, 2017 at 5:05 am
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2017 at 5:21 am by robvalue.)
You want me not to respect theists at all, I think that's what you're saying? Like, have no interest in anything they have to say about anything? Treat them like a crazy person? I already make it very clear that I don't respect theistic beliefs, at all.
I can view people in different ways. People are complex. My wife believes in ghosts, for example. I think that's totally nuts. It's crazy, unfounded and unsupportable. She knows that is my opinion. But it's only one aspect of her as a person. And since this belief doesn't meaningfully affect any other parts of her personality or ability to function, it makes no difference to me.
I don't respect her belief in ghosts. But I respect her as a person. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. She's perfectly sane, of course. Sane people can have irrational beliefs.
I can view people in different ways. People are complex. My wife believes in ghosts, for example. I think that's totally nuts. It's crazy, unfounded and unsupportable. She knows that is my opinion. But it's only one aspect of her as a person. And since this belief doesn't meaningfully affect any other parts of her personality or ability to function, it makes no difference to me.
I don't respect her belief in ghosts. But I respect her as a person. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. She's perfectly sane, of course. Sane people can have irrational beliefs.
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