RE: Militant Atheism?
September 19, 2023 at 4:13 pm
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2023 at 4:14 pm by FrustratedFool.)
@Data
No, you've misunderstood my refutation against the false charge of hypocrisy.
Lets go with the definition of hypocrisy you provide, with which I agree: 'the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense."
Clearly I don't fall under the charge of pretense, but you think I'm guilty of the former because I object to others objecting. But that's not my proclaimed moral standard - I don't say people shouldn't object then go ahead and object. I say people should object to what I object to, and not object what I don't object. I am not guilty of acting against that moral standard. Therefore, I'm not a hypocrite by the definition you provide. Simple.
I think child molesting should be objected to, and I think religion should be objected to. Same principle applies in both cases. Unless you're going to say its hypocritical to object to child abuse then you can't say I'm a hypocrite. If I said religion should be objected to but then didn't object to it or practiced it then I'd be a hypocrite; but I don't. So I'm not.
Right and wrong are, I agree, just words for 'strongly held personal preference.' That's why I say I'm right and those who disagree with me are wrong. And also why it's impossible for me to be a hypocrite so long as I avow what I prefer and stand against what I dislike. And I do.
So, please retract your false claim of me being a hypocrite. I am self interested, ethnocentric, morally nihilistic, yes, but not a hypocrite.
No, you've misunderstood my refutation against the false charge of hypocrisy.
Lets go with the definition of hypocrisy you provide, with which I agree: 'the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense."
Clearly I don't fall under the charge of pretense, but you think I'm guilty of the former because I object to others objecting. But that's not my proclaimed moral standard - I don't say people shouldn't object then go ahead and object. I say people should object to what I object to, and not object what I don't object. I am not guilty of acting against that moral standard. Therefore, I'm not a hypocrite by the definition you provide. Simple.
I think child molesting should be objected to, and I think religion should be objected to. Same principle applies in both cases. Unless you're going to say its hypocritical to object to child abuse then you can't say I'm a hypocrite. If I said religion should be objected to but then didn't object to it or practiced it then I'd be a hypocrite; but I don't. So I'm not.
Right and wrong are, I agree, just words for 'strongly held personal preference.' That's why I say I'm right and those who disagree with me are wrong. And also why it's impossible for me to be a hypocrite so long as I avow what I prefer and stand against what I dislike. And I do.
So, please retract your false claim of me being a hypocrite. I am self interested, ethnocentric, morally nihilistic, yes, but not a hypocrite.