(March 31, 2019 at 1:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:It isn't a matter of denying diversity.
No one accused you of denying diversity.
Quote:It is a matter of logic.
I don't see how. You want people to say, 'Currently, I am a Muslim' but are fine with them saying, 'I am a human being.'
Quote:I accept that humans attribute "who they are" to what they claim. I simply doubt depending on the claim, where they think what "makes me, me" is really coming from.
When someone says, "that makes me who I am", it only means that is what they are used to and comfortable with, but it doesn't make everything they claim true by default.
I'm not sure I understand you. If you are doubting the truth of someone's religion when they say, 'I am a Christian', I'm with you. But 'I am a Christian' isn't about whether the Christian religion is true, it is a statement indicating the speak believes it to be true. There's nothing wrong with that.
Quote:I also say, "I am a poet", when in reality all I am really saying is " I like writing poetry".
If you write poetry, you're a poet. That's what 'poet' means.
Quote:Grass and bacteria and cockroaches don't write poetry and still managed to evolve. That isn't saying we should end poetry. It is simply a matter of putting it in proper context.
I am not poetry, poetry is simply something I am into.
I'm now thoroughly confused. Thank you.
Boru
"Poet" is what I do, it is not a genetic or blood issue. There are lots of other humans who do not write poetry.
