[FoRK] Where we were......

[Jeff Bone]

On Dec 6, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Luis Villa wrote:

> I will say that I think Jeff and I disagree about religion; I'm OK
> with others having their beliefs, in part because I don't think we've
> really got a choice.

Let's be clear:

I think it's "okay" for other people to have their beliefs;  I just  
think if those beliefs involve invisible monsters in the sky /  
invisible dragons in the garage / whatever then they're sadly and  
dangerously wrong in a very serious way, and I now feel compelled to  
tell them so.  We don't have a choice --- only in that we can't  
choose what other people believe.  But we *do* have a choice about  
how we respond.  Where we disagree, I suspect, is in how and whether  
to respond to somebody expressing their religious beliefs.  I say  
"tolerance hasn't worked, separation of church and secular life  
hasn't worked, and the religious feel compelled to spread their  
contagion --- so let's us non-believers  try something different for  
a change."

jb