(September 4, 2012 at 12:23 pm)genkaus Wrote:(September 4, 2012 at 12:17 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: If I had to choose between eradication/forced exile/forced conversion to atheism and pluralism, I would choose pluralism.
And I think most atheists would.
And if you simply had to choose between atheism and pluralism?
I don't. Atheism and pluralism are not mutually exclusive.
Pluralism by definition includes various faiths and non-faiths, including atheism.
Your question betrays your lack of understanding of the concepts at hand.
So an atheist can be a pluralist, and disagree with other beliefs, but respect their existence, the existence of their adherents and their rational or non-rational bases for believing.
