RE: Is there objective Truth?
October 21, 2016 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 21, 2016 at 3:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Nothing to do with how -I- feel about it Kernel. It's -their- faith, -their- story, -their- rules.
You can either accept them for and as what they are or talk over and around them, albeit in a way designed to circumvent conflict regarding their very beliefs in conversation because they are unpalatable as they are...to you. If you want to understand, then you have to accept, first, what it is you're attempting to understand. Peace and understanding, apparently, means vicarious redemption through blood sacrifice. Take it up with them...or avoid it, and in doing so have -no- chance to understand it. Not sure how historical atrocities and barbarism got in there, the crucifixion of christ was neither. It's just a story.
"I'd really like to understand why you believe that chocolate is better than vanilla...so let's talk baseball!"
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You can either accept them for and as what they are or talk over and around them, albeit in a way designed to circumvent conflict regarding their very beliefs in conversation because they are unpalatable as they are...to you. If you want to understand, then you have to accept, first, what it is you're attempting to understand. Peace and understanding, apparently, means vicarious redemption through blood sacrifice. Take it up with them...or avoid it, and in doing so have -no- chance to understand it. Not sure how historical atrocities and barbarism got in there, the crucifixion of christ was neither. It's just a story.
"I'd really like to understand why you believe that chocolate is better than vanilla...so let's talk baseball!"
..................?
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