(September 7, 2015 at 7:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 7, 2015 at 7:28 pm)thehedglin Wrote: Let us hope that all the masochists or suicidal people out there don't take your advice.
Well obviously when someone is about to do something illegal or hurt themselves, or hurt another person, that's completely different than badgering someone because they do or don't believe in God.
True, but we certainly don't want them treating others how they want to be treated, either.
I think respect is a bit more and less complicated than that, people have the right to have their autonomy respected, but that doesn't mean I HAVE to respect what they choose to do with it. People have the RIGHT to believe in a flat earth, out of respect for their mental autonomy, but that doesn't mean I should have to treat it as a legitimate belief. I may not openly mock them without reason, out of a sense of courtesy, but that does not mean that I respect their opinion. I also don't mock a person who has a belief until they feel it necessary to tell me about it, and at that point, it was they who instigated the discussion.
I would more generally advocate that one only leave one entrance into their mind(reason), and keep the rest of it rather closed, as it is one hell of a lot easier to shovel shit in than it is to get it out.
If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.
If the evidence and reason for you to believe something isn't really any better than the reason you should believe some rural farmer from Arkansas got anally probed by interstellar visitors, then you probably shouldn't.
