(August 9, 2013 at 11:21 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(August 9, 2013 at 7:40 am)Stimbo Wrote: Interesting that you're as quick to accept him merely at his word that his belief isn't justified as you aren't at taking that same word expressing his belief. Why is that, I wonder?
Because he dismissed it himself.
In the same virtual breath that he expressed it. What makes one more readily acceptable than the other?
(August 9, 2013 at 11:21 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Whilst I try to respect the beliefs of others and try hard to understand them (I'm hugely interested in that anyway), I don't always agree with them. I think this is allowed
Not only allowed but positively to be applauded - with the caveat that respect oughtn't be something accorded automatically merely because they are beliefs.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
