(October 24, 2021 at 4:25 am)Brian37 Wrote: The older I get, the more I hate the suffix "ism" regarding anything, be it politics, economics or religion.
But what does my position of "off" regarding claims of God/gods/supernatural? It means I don't assign anything good or bad to a club, or to the supernatural. But it also does not mean those who hold the "off" position on such claims are cures.
If I am being blunt, "life" for good or bad, is about survival. That does not mean morality and compassion can't or do not exist, they do. I simply do not assign that good part of or species to an "ism", and see it as something evolutionary. We can all have good and bad reasons for conflict, but our species is always the same species.
Growing up, I stupidly tried to chase what I thought others said, that would help me fit in. All that did on my part was needlessly make me a doormat.
"I am an" is a horrible way to describe oneself. "Atheist" isn't an "ism" to me, but a position. "I hold no compunction to defending "off" on claims of God/gods/ super natural". But that is not me, that merely is a position I hold.
The Muslim and Christian and Jew and Hindu or Buddhist or Atheist, are all still the same species. The only difference is the positions we respectively hold.
The real debate isn't that humans hold different positions, we always will. The real debate is how can humans move beyond tribalism and seek overlapping facts.
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That's exactly what 'isms' are. And I notice you used the word 'tribalism'.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
