(May 9, 2014 at 7:26 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: My question is simple.
Do you love most humans on earth despite their false beliefs and flaws?
No.
My life is valuable to me, but only to me, though maybe perhaps a very select few other people, and while I don't wish suffering, pain or harm on the other humans on the planet I'm of the firm opinion that humans are probably the worst thing to ever happen to the Earth and the other species on the planet and if we were to go extinct tomorrow it would probably be a good thing for the other plant and animal species on the planet.
And as others in the thread have stated, I think "love" is too strong a word in this context unless you dilute it down to the christian definition of Love with a capital L, in which case it loses most, if not all, of its meaning. If you Love everyone, then what does it mean to love your SO? Nothing.
Save the word love for when it actually means something.
I would rather say I have some amount of compassion for almost everyone on the planet because I can relate to the plight of being human, and that I have a good deal of compassion for others despite their beliefs. because I know what its like to hold a false belief, or a belief I have come to discover is false. But that doesn't mean that I love them, nor do I respect them despite their beliefs; I can't love or respect a person I don't know.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
