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k_buddy762

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9. Well

Reply to prodigitalson (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 10:14 AM

Jun 2025

"I believe the sky is blue" is a belief I suppose, but if someone held a gun to my head and told me to say the sky was red, I might comply in the moment.

But the deeply-held beliefs that I have passed onto my children, the ones who define who I am and how I live my life -- yes, I would die so that those beliefs could be perpetuated and kept strong in my society.

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Jordan Peterson and Performance Art for the Insecure [View all] prodigitalson May 2025 OP

prodigitalson, you're a very good writer harumph May 2025 #1

Thank you. prodigitalson May 2025 #3

Well written. sop May 2025 #6

I would die for my beliefs. k_buddy762 May 2025 #2

All of them? prodigitalson May 2025 #4

Well k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #9

Ok. You agree with me then and not JP! prodigitalson Jun 2025 #16

I wouldn't. sop May 2025 #5

Then you possess a belief k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #10

An idea is not the same as someone's life; one is abstract, the other is real. Playing semantics won't work. sop Jun 2025 #12

I'm not playing semantics k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #13

Your response is the quintessential example of "playing semantics." sop Jun 2025 #14

Have a nice day k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #15

Great piece Hey Joe May 2025 #7

Thank you...I like your description prodigitalson Jun 2025 #19

He refused to say he was a Christian debating one of them JI7 May 2025 #8

I have seen him straight up admit that he believes that dumb people are why we still need religion prodigitalson Jun 2025 #20

Made my day! Abolishinist Jun 2025 #21

They attract the young and ignorant with the cheapest grifts uponit7771 Jun 2025 #11

A great post...thoughtful, concise, and well-written. Thank you! Drum Jun 2025 #17

Thank YOU! prodigitalson Jun 2025 #18