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trotsky

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15. The point is, your OP said:

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #14)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 02:10 PM

Sep 2017

"It's all about people, not religious beliefs."

But if someone is *taught* something bad, like racism for instance, it's not really about the person, but what they were taught, probably at a young, formative age. Do you agree or disagree?

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Some Religionists are Wonderful People. Others Are Not. [View all] MineralMan Sep 2017 OP

Religion doesn't make good people good The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #1

Exactly. MineralMan Sep 2017 #2

Are some Nazis wonderful people? trotsky Sep 2017 #3

That's not a religion. MineralMan Sep 2017 #4

"Wonderful people did not become Nazis, I'd say." trotsky Sep 2017 #5

No, he was not. MineralMan Sep 2017 #6

I'm just trying to follow your reasoning. trotsky Sep 2017 #7

One interesting thing about people is that they can change MineralMan Sep 2017 #8

"Choosing to join the Klan is a choice. Generally, people who do that are already racists." trotsky Sep 2017 #9

Nope. He became one. And later, apparently, he stopped MineralMan Sep 2017 #10

Why did he become a racist? trotsky Sep 2017 #11

No doubt. But I do not know him, nor do I know MineralMan Sep 2017 #12

So we don't know what kind of person he would have been, if he hadn't been taught to be a racist. trotsky Sep 2017 #13

We can only know a person by observing that person's behavior MineralMan Sep 2017 #14

The point is, your OP said: trotsky Sep 2017 #15

Last post. MineralMan Sep 2017 #16

I completely disagree. trotsky Sep 2017 #17

Martin Heidigger Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #19

Recommended, and agreed. eom guillaumeb Sep 2017 #18