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To: The Philosopher who wrote (6475)	6/21/2003 7:45:58 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 7720

That's aking ot saying that even people who believe that they have absolute knowledge that, say, the Iraq war is wrong should be able to recognize that they should exercise restraint in so stating because they will rile up passions. Whether it's the nature of God or the legitimacy of the Iraq war, people have opinions and beliefs, they don't "know" anything. The world would be a whole lot better off if people comprehended that distinction. People can express their opinions and beliefs all they want as long as they express their opinions and beliefs as such. And their audiences can get riled up over whatever they want if they're squirrelly enough to get riled up over other people's opinions and beliefs. It's only when the opinion expressers and/or their audiences operate in the "know" mode that there are problems. If you believe the Bible... The Bible may or may not be the word of God who may or may not exist in the form described in the Bible or in any other form. No one knows. No one "knows." The only absolute in all this as far as I'm concerned is that it's wrong, wrong as in incorrect, to insist there is certainty where certainty cannot exist. We humans have a word for certainty for a reason--to distinguish between what we can objectively know from what we can't. It is also my firm belief and conviction that it is wrong in the sense of a mistake, nonconstructive. One may legitimately believe and follow and try to induce others to believe and follow due to one's certitude about one's beliefs. One can believe that God takes sides in basketball games if one chooses. But it is wrong to insist on the truth of that or any other POV to the extent of arrogantly assuming it applies universally.

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