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[–] 1 point 9 months ago* (7 children)

Nobody is lost. People lead lives that make sense to them. It's not your job or any government's job to impose your beliefs onto others. Because we have different philosophies and beliefs, separation of church and state is a thing.

Some people follow the Nobel Eightfold Path. Some follow the Ten Precepts of Taoism. Some follow the Seven Tenants of the Satanic Temple. Some follow the 52 Hukams of Guru Gobind Singh. No matter how strongly you feel about your beliefs, nothing makes them any more special than the beliefs of other people. They feel just as strongly about theirs. People having different norths as you call it isn't a bad thing. That's called diversity. There's only a problem when people are bigots that don't accept others for who they are and feel the need to "fix" them. Whether it's militant Christianity or militant atheism, we don't need that. Keep it to yourself. Countless societies have flourished without your 10 commandments.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (6 children)

    It's not a feeling, I got to monotheism through textual analysis and thought. Things simply are more consistent with a framework that accepts a sole mind behind it all, a Creator. I admit I could be mistaken but this is something that other people with beliefs and I could discuss, and in earnest and good faith see which is more internally consistent and fitting reality than the others, right? They can be ranked from more sensible and fitting to less, right? Because no, not everything is "equally as valid", that's some Western postmodernist nonsense that ends up with people being confused, intellectually lazy and panicky fence sitters. Tolerance doesn't mean "your nonsense is equal to my sense", it means "I won't kill you for being a commie/brown", for instance (again, neither Christianity [because the message of Jesus is buried under nonsense that people actually believe in] nor Enlightenment values helped that but whatever). My book says that "to you your system and to me mine", but I still believe mine is better, ofc, my sense is not equal to nonsense or absence.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    @ArgumentativeMonotheist @parricc sounds like you've either been reading Thomas Aquinas, or should read him.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    I have a bit of knowledge on his theology but I might have been more influenced by the ones that inspired him (Aristotle, ibn Sina). But maybe I should, thank you for the suggestion! 👍

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    @ArgumentativeMonotheist You might also enjoy "The Quest For Saint Aquin" (1951), a classic science fiction story by Anthony Boucher. It's available free online. sdfo.org/gj/stories/thequestfo

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Damn, a 1951 sci fi recommendation? And it's not even 20 pages long? Thank you!

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    @ArgumentativeMonotheist I first encountered it in "The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1". It was used by the Science Fiction Writers of America to honor science fiction stories which predated the Hugo and Nebula. Boucher was an outstanding critic, science fiction author, and mystery writer. In fact, the first major mystery convention, BoucherCon, is named after him. He was also quite a religious man. You might also like "The Devil's Day" (1980) by James Blish. He was another devout science fiction author who wrote some brilliant works that included aspects of religion.

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