Immortal said:
Going back, I'd like to ask, solely for the purpose of discussion, why exactly you value stuff that has been observed. And, I'd like to add, whose reliable observations would you trust and why those observations prove anything. As for your on-topic comment, I think everyone knows how rotten Christianity has been over the ages. But you have to see that that has dropped tremendously since (I'd presume the Renaissance when everything went secular, but I'm not sure). Also, the Christians who are offended easily are rarely the same ones who went around (or go around) killing people for their beliefs. It's completely unfair to judge one Christian by the acts of another, yet I've noticed that people seem to judge all religious people by the acts of some Christians in the past. A lot of religions have little to no blood on their hands. As for your final edit, I indeed am, but there's some practicality to it. Whilst it's certainly not ideal, like it or not, you have to respect religions more simply because there are more people to be offended. If you're in a minority like those who believe in fairy tales, you'll have to suffer somewhat. It's the same logic as only having a males and females bathroom. I bet it offends people who are classified as neither, but it's simply impractical to waste my time building a third one when so few people would use it. |
I value things that have been observed solely because if it has been observed then we have informatino about it. Otherwise we don't know jack shit and any assumptions, just like any religion, are absolutely guaranteed to be wrong. As for who to listen to, that is why we have the scientific method, one part of which states an observed result must be able to be reproduced so that others can observe it for themselves if they so wanted to.
As for the bold. I am sorry, maybe it's my godless morals, but the truth is not an insult and anyone offended by it should wisen up and stop being so self-conscious of their beliefs. If they don't like how it sounds, then they are believing in the wrong thing. It doesn't matter how many people are offended, just one or a billion, things are the way things are. As I have outlined pretty well, religions have the exact same merits as fairy tales. You think that fairy tales are funny and false, by applying whatever reason you had for that to religion any religion becomes just as funny and false.
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