RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 14, 2015 at 11:11 am
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2015 at 11:12 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(July 14, 2015 at 10:58 am)Rhythm Wrote:Quote:My religion is about faith, morals, and traditions. It is not about trying to decipher and make claims regarding people's motives for doing things. That's what they do in psychology departments, not Catholic mass lol.You don't think so, eh?
Why, then, is there evil in the world? More particularly, why do we make evil decisions? Does your religion -not- offer us the ultimate motive, the causative agent for all subsequent evil decisions? Do you not believe in this portion of your religion?
Here are my views, numbered for your convenience:
1. Because people have free will and can choose to act in evil ways if they so wish.
2. I'm sure for different reasons, depending on the person.
3. Well, if you put it that way, the "causative agent" for evilness (actual evilness, as opposed to someone having the best intentions but doing something wrong) comes down to greed. But why people chose to act greedly, we cannot say, and since we can't look into a person's heart, we don't know whether they actually were being evil, or whether they just don't understand, or believe differently, etc.
4. Yes. But I don't see what I describe above as the same thing as someone saying "I did this because of this" and me responding back with "no, you did this because of this other thing." Lol. If someone tells me they did something for a particular reason, I have to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they are telling the truth unless I have substantial evidence otherwise.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh