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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (11308)	2/28/2002 6:29:59 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 28931

Imagine your children being subjected to our inane drivel. cagle.slate.msn.com Fortunatly, we lack champions.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (11308)	2/28/2002 9:00:25 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28931

when the thread was momentarily conveying the aberrant impression of open-mindedness Open-mindedness. What does that mean in the context of religious beliefs? Well, it could manifest as agnosticism. There's really no way to know for sure, after all. It could also manifest as tolerance. We each believe whatever we believe--I'm OK, you're OK. OTOH, there's no way to attribute open-mindedness to someone who claims ownership of THE truth. Repeated and prolonged claims of THE truth invite ridicule. Conversely, we can all be happy for someone who shares with us that he has found HIS truth. He shares and we say "good for you." Upon the completion of that transaction, though, there is nothing more to discuss. Repetition on the part of the truth-knower is at best boorish and quickly comes across as purveying of THE truth and subsequent ridicule. So there's really nothing to discuss. We can discuss various beliefs, the philosophy or sociology or psychology of them. Discussion is different from testifying. Karen