(April 9, 2017 at 11:55 am)Jeanne Wrote: Hi Brian.
I do not disagree with you. I am not trying to argue otherwise.
Sorry that I included a general reply in the one that I addressed to you. I will be more careful next post.
-Jeanne
"More careful"? Huh, no, say what you want to say. I am not a teacher or master or someone to be "careful" with. You say what you want in response, and I respond how I see fit. If I agree with you, I will. It isn't a competition and it isn't a classroom.
My only point in my response is even when atheist say "lets all love each other". No, I hate general statements like that. It is loaded and while it sounds nice, no, we should not love violence or bad claims that lead to bad acts. I can only love my species ability to avoid those things, but I have no obligation to love someone who might literally physically harm me or take my rights way.
I'd only say that in response to those who might harm me, I am no fan of revenge I think it solves nothing. But even with that I am under no obligation to love the person or people who harm me.
I don't think we are really disagreeing that much. I simply get a lip twitch when I hear good intent with loaded general phrases.
I do love my species ability to be compassionate and have empathy for others, but not every individual out of our seven billion does display that. Some individuals deluded by religion and or politics and or greed can be quite nasty and cruel to others and that is the part of my species I don't love.
