(September 7, 2015 at 11:19 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: If someone gives me a reason to respect their beliefs I will. My default position is that respect is earned and not given.
No belief is inherently 'worth' anything.
And respect is earned, in my book, by the facts that belief is based on, not the strength with which a person believes it or what they are willing to sacrifice because of it.
I believe the ice in that lake can hold my weight based on the fact that it the middle of January and the ice is usually thick this time of year. Or I believe the ice will hold me because god told me I wouldn't get wet today, despite it being the beginning of November and I can see the scales on the fish swimming below the ice.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
