(April 9, 2017 at 4:44 pm)Jeanne Wrote: Hi Brian.
You misread my post; I will be more careful in how I reply to more than just one person, as I included a general reply to some other posts in the one to you. I don't give a fig for what others think of me or my opinions.
And, dear gawd, you do realize that I merely turned the old canard around when I said we can love the theist while hating the theism, don't you? You didn't think I had my tongue firmly in my cheek?
But..honestly, a realist would understand that humans need what they need to get through life and not get all het-up over compassion. I have been there and did not want that in my life ever again.
Religion is poison to human beings, but if some prefer to keep their humanity numbed with poison, who am I to demand that they cannot?
I think that we do not disagree. We just express ourselves differently and that is because we have had different experiences.
I am looking forward to future discussions.
-Jeanne
Again, we are NOT in disagreement. Nowhere did I demand a thing. I am saying that while ALL humans have the right to make whatever claim they want, they also cannot demand we don't respond to their claims.
If someone wants to make the claim "The New England Patriots beat the Chicago Cubs in the Stanley Cup", I wont pass laws saying they cant claim it. But I will when I hear it respond with "bullshit".
There is a huge difference between human rights, which everyone SHOULD protect, and the separate issue of the ability to demonstrate what you claim is factual. I am under no obligation to buy what someone sells and never respond to it just because they like it. I am only obligated to allow them to make the attempt. I am still allowed to respond.
