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Post #1202384

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chyron8472
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Religion
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2-May-2018, 12:36 PM

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The latter part regarding the misogyny and anti-gay stuff is the kind of religiosity I’m referring to when I say that we shouldn’t be expected to respect religion. If you think that homosexuality is a crime against god, then I don’t respect your opinion and I don’t think that anyone should respect your opinion. If you believe women shouldn’t be allowed to drive, or should be forced to wrap themselves in burkas and other oppressive garb, then I don’t respect your opinion. The list goes on and on. It doesn’t necessarily mean that I find all of those individuals that think that way to be totally unworthy of respect, but their religious views are. I don’t think that that’s unreasonable and no one else should either.

If I’m allowed to play devil’s advocate (guess chyron needs new representation), it wasn’t long ago that the consensus thought oppositely: that accepting gender norm heresies meant one’s opinion didn’t deserve respect.

The tables have turned on religion, at least in most Western countries, but how are we to grapple with “truth” in an objective way? Is it all about consensus?

How about just letting people live their lives?

People generally don’t do that. They enjoy poking in other peoples’ business and telling them how to think. …Members of this forum are also not exempt.

There’s a big difference between telling you that your opinion on X movie is silly and telling suspiciouscoffee that he shouldn’t be gay because it’s a sin against God and he’s going to hell unless he “converts.”

Yes, there’s a difference between [being civil about] X, and [being mean about] Y. And, speaking for myself, I haven’t said that about coffee. In fact, I have said the reverse—that it’s not directly about the following of rules and that Jesus himself vehemently chastized such self-righteous people.

But people even on this forum often don’t just stop at saying opposing view in general is “silly”. The TLJ Review Thread is evidence enough of that. And that’s my point. Correlation does not imply causation.