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Silent3

(15,147 posts)

11. The very act of characterizing beliefs as "what anyone uses to get through...

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 27, 2012, 11:43 PM

Feb 2012

...a dark, lonely and scary night" is an act of demoting those beliefs to little more than a coping mechanism, implicitly if not explicitly denying or strongly doubting the seriousness of those beliefs as any sort of deeper understanding, wisdom, or truth.

While you clearly respect the right of people to believe whatever they want, your wording makes it very doubtful you actually respect those beliefs themselves.

Does that make you guilty of bullying too? If not, where else in this thread does the issue of bullying come up?

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What are the various flavors of "let's all get along" theology? [View all] Silent3 Feb 2012 OP

Not just brilliant idea for a post but hysterical. snagglepuss Feb 2012 #1

I don't believe much of anything and I don't give a shit if you do. Warpy Feb 2012 #2

And if you see your country edhopper Feb 2012 #4

Different issue, entirely Warpy Feb 2012 #7

Except its not. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #10

The point of the thread was how people coexist, not how they disagree. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #12

Not a red herring edhopper Feb 2012 #8

The very act of characterizing beliefs as "what anyone uses to get through... Silent3 Feb 2012 #11

Sorry, but what's wrong with this, exactly?: mr blur Feb 2012 #16

Of course it doesn't make one guilty of "bullying" GliderGuider Feb 2012 #17

Anyone who considers that "random example" bullying doesn't get... Silent3 Feb 2012 #18

OK, so we're talking just about Internet behaviour then? GliderGuider Feb 2012 #19

That's dancing around the point of the OP, however. Silent3 Feb 2012 #22

I've generally stopped trying to reconcile others' opinions with my own. GliderGuider Feb 2012 #23

I don't even get how that can work. Silent3 Feb 2012 #26

Deep and shallow tama Feb 2012 #27

Most of the bullying tama Feb 2012 #24

(7) ... we disagree but don't be a dick. rug Feb 2012 #3

8) We have more in common than we do differences cbayer Feb 2012 #5

I never suggested that anything was wrong with getting along. Silent3 Feb 2012 #9

(6c) ...isn't a member of my ethnic group. FarCenter Feb 2012 #6

9. "Thank you for sharing. Have a nice day." nt GliderGuider Feb 2012 #13

HA HA, but I have never heard, seen or known a theologian who takes that stance. Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #14

You don't have to be a theologian to have a theology. Silent3 Feb 2012 #15

You don't have to be a scientist to make a cogent statement about science--but it might help. nt Thats my opinion Feb 2012 #20

Is that your way of diplomatically avoiding the issue that the muddled masses... Silent3 Feb 2012 #21

Very good tama Feb 2012 #25