(November 17, 2017 at 2:26 pm)Harry Nevis Wrote:(November 17, 2017 at 1:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't believe in other religions or other gods, but I'd still be interested in talking to a Buddhist or a Hindu, etc, about their religious beliefs in genuine discussion. I think it would be interesting to hear their views. I certainly wouldn't ask them questions just so i could mock the answers they took time to give me, and be sarcastic and condecending towards them. But that's just me I guess.
Also, the condescension and sarcasm goes both ways. So many believers create atheist strawmen to knock around, without even knowing the definition of the word.
I agree.
What boggles my mind is, if you don't like it when someone does it to you, I can't fathom why you would then proceed to do it to someone else who hasn't done it.
I was under the impression that your morality was based on empathy, and if that's true, I don't know why you would do something to an innocent bystander if you don't like it when it gets done to you.
"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
