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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: Dayuhan who wrote (7273)4/5/2002 8:16:13 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 21057
 
This is different. This is a boxing ring. If you bring an idea here it is subject to abuse, and those who can't bear to see their ideas abused shouldn't bring them here.
Steven, Neo and I spent a long time working this through and came to an agreement that it was reasonable to treat people's religious beliefs with "seriousness." Not deference or respect but seriousness. Not ridicule or contempt but seriousness. I think that's a fair compromise. We can discuss any aspect of religion we want, however cherished it is to someone, we just shouldn't make cracks about it, and, by the inference of some, about them.

I don't presume to understand the way some people are invested in these things. I recall at one point in an earlier conversation that JLA argued that religion wasn't even about ideas but about the essence of the person. I don't pretend to understand that, but I sure see people react as though it's the case.

This was just something that Neo and I came up with. There hasn't been much buy in. There also have been some differences of opinion about what constitutes seriousness versus contempt. So there we are. You, of course, will do what you want. I will avoid making light of people's religious beliefs. It's really not useful to the discussion when people get upset. (And it dramatically adds to the number of posts.) I think I can express what I need to say without gratuitous contempt. Although I can't guarantee how anyone will take it.
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