(October 17, 2016 at 1:23 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: I, and I would hazard a guess 'we', are like that to 99% of the people in the world who are religious. You may have heard people telling others to keep their religion in their pants, or in other words, if you have a faith that's good for you. You want to bring it up in conversation? Then we'll have discussion about.
The only people I talk to about religion are those who bring it up, be it in personal conversation or in wider macro-environments such as, say, policy or debates about society.
After all, if I took issue with everyone's religious faith, it'd take me many millions of lifetimes to get to object to everyone.
I think it grossly unfair to accuse people of objecting to others 'having a religious lifestyle' (not sure what that is). I certainly don't, and I don't think others do either (though I can't speak for everyone). The main difference between the subject in the OP and this 'religious lifestyle' is that one propagates through interaction with others, by necessity, the other is entirely a choice that affects, directly, the person making the decision. I don't think it a fair comparison.
That's why I was and always am very careful to say "some".
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
