RE: What is to be done about religion?
March 12, 2016 at 7:23 am
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2016 at 7:25 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
^^ accepting other people have other opinions is fine, necessary in fact.
The issue is that you should never be afraid or discouraged from questioning someone else's opinions, or indeed critiquing and criticising them. This isn't a point made to you specifically but all too often we're told that (religious) beliefs are above reproach. That to critique a religious opinion is taboo and shouldn't be done, and that critiquing those beliefs somehow equates to ridiculing the person, or even insulting them.
It's a tiring position to go up against. People who are offended when their views are criticized or critiqued need to realize that the problem lies with their own beliefs, and themselves, not the person critiquing them. So when someone says 'they believe in [god]' and you say 'I think your god either doesn't exist and/or is an arsehole', and they get offended by it and say nonsense like 'you can't say that', stand up to them and ask them why their beliefs are more valid than yours? Why saying their god doesn't exist is somehow bad but accepting that they believe in a god who castigates those who don't believe in it is ok (using an abrahamic-centric deity)?
The issue is that you should never be afraid or discouraged from questioning someone else's opinions, or indeed critiquing and criticising them. This isn't a point made to you specifically but all too often we're told that (religious) beliefs are above reproach. That to critique a religious opinion is taboo and shouldn't be done, and that critiquing those beliefs somehow equates to ridiculing the person, or even insulting them.
It's a tiring position to go up against. People who are offended when their views are criticized or critiqued need to realize that the problem lies with their own beliefs, and themselves, not the person critiquing them. So when someone says 'they believe in [god]' and you say 'I think your god either doesn't exist and/or is an arsehole', and they get offended by it and say nonsense like 'you can't say that', stand up to them and ask them why their beliefs are more valid than yours? Why saying their god doesn't exist is somehow bad but accepting that they believe in a god who castigates those who don't believe in it is ok (using an abrahamic-centric deity)?
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