(April 10, 2016 at 3:07 pm)Aegon Wrote: I've never understood the "waiting period" after major events. Like, why shouldn't we immediately talk gun reform after a mass shooting? What are you going to do instead, feel sad for a bunch of strangers for a week? No. Let those directly affected grieve while everyone else moves forward...like what happens every day when people die
Thank you!
Imagine if scientific method worked off the same principle of never offending, our species never would have left the caves. It isn't that you always go out of your way to offend, just to offend. But in contextual priorities. Even in competing scientific claims, many have been so sure of their positions only to have other scientists debunk them. Newton got physics right but also postulated "Alchemy" which he later rightfully scrapped.
And with religion, there is no polite way to say to most, "It is all man made" and certainly you cant rid the world of it by force, but to state that isn't a crime. Humans should fear more their own insecurities than they should fear doubt. Doubt is not a flaw, it is the willingness to step back and take the time to insure you are not simply protecting your own ego.
