(June 3, 2016 at 12:56 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(June 3, 2016 at 11:35 am)energizer bunny Wrote: Just because you keep tabs on religious thought doesn't mean you understand it.
Yes, I already got that point.
It's the difference between necessary and sufficient. I know that being informed about this or that religion is not sufficient to guarantee understanding it, but I'm wondering how being ignorant of it would help to understand it.
If I want to understand why people believe as they do -- and I do want to understand that -- then it behooves me to know what they believe. If you don't share that interest, great. That's why I wrote "I think" in post #31. I'm old enough to know that not everyone shares my priorities.
Yes, i see your point. Though i've never mention that being ignorant of religion would help to understand it. But if that statement wasn't about me then just ignore my ramblings.