(July 29, 2017 at 5:56 pm)energizer bunny Wrote: You have the courage to openly expose yourself while inspiring others to do the same. You stand up for what you believe in even if it means going against the majority. You are kind and helpful. These are traits i find admirable in you. You are definitely not worthless. I'm sure you inspire many others far more than you think. I'm not just saying that to cheer you up. I told you there were traits i find admirable in you over a year ago in a private message. I still kept it.
I will not agree with where she thinks human favoritism comes from meaning a divine or deity source. There are too many humans with a variety of claims for me to agree with that.
But, in my history here of interaction with her. I have said and stand by what I consistently notice about her. She has empathy, and that I have always noticed even if I don't agree with where that comes from.
Stalin and Castro had "courage" too, but CL has something they never had, EMPATHY.
If she had a medical degree and I had to place my life and surgery in her hands, as long as she left her personal beliefs outside the operating room I WOULD trust her with my life. But conversely if Frank Burns of MASH offered me an operation I would not be so sure he could not let his personal bias creep in.
Point being CL would not let any of us reading this bleed in the street if she came across us in need. And I am sure we would do the same for her.
But "courage" does not constitute fact. If it did all of us should believe in the Egyptian polytheist gods because they had conviction for what they believe.
Her empathy is what I like, not everything she claims. Just like she can see that in many of us here.
I support her, not because of her personal beliefs. I support her because she has the displayed the empathy I know most humans can be capable of. Those who display that don't sweat the differences or blasphemy. I've been blunt with her like I am every theist. But I have never thought she'd let me die if she ran across me after getting hit by a car. And despite our disagreements I would want to do the same for her if the situation were reversed.
Just like I am an atheist and my late mother was a Catholic. CL is good people, even if I don't think she is correct on every claim she makes.