(September 1, 2015 at 6:48 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: The residue of religion sometimes sticks to me after all this time where I remember hearing to be kind to one's enemies. And I've always thought "why?"
I don't think we need to return meanness for meanness but to me, I'm not pretending like someone treating me badly is ok. Does that make sense?
Yes, it makes sense.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.