From: johnny moral (johnnymoral@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 04 2004 - 22:20:36 BST
Hi msh and mel,
>mel:
>Hmmm. I know some literalist fundamentalists who
>make the Taliban look liberal...maybe we should invite
>them to participate in some anti-theism discussion.
>THAT should be productive ;-)
>
>msh says:
>Would be no less productive than engaging Christian fundamentalists
>in the same way. But I note the smiley face, and won't persist. The
>point is that truth-seekers give all new points of view a fair, first-
>hand reading/hearing, before embracing or dismissing. However, I
>concede that there are only so many hours in a lifetime, and choices
>must be made.
Ths actually isn't true, you don't have to make a choice to dismiss or
embrace someone's point of view. You can accept it without embracing it or
dismissing it. You needn't be worried that it would be invalidating or
dismissing your own point view to not invalidate or dismiss someone elses
becuase it seems contradictory. If it seems contradictory, just chalk it up
to different points of view. Different points of view only get nasty with
each other when someone feels the need to assert the other one is wrong.
It's surprisingly easy to be easy going and see that they are both right.
Johnny
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