Sometimes ppl say 'It doesn't matter what ppl believe. It matters what they do.' This is a perfectly reasonable attitude to have. However...
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Sometimes this extends into an assertion that no-one shld care what other ppl believe & even that its morally wrong or presumptuous to care
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't agree with this at all. It wld be wrong & presumptuous to badger ppl into talking to you abt what they believe if don't want to but
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It is still OK to care about what is true & the best ways to establish what is true. To be sceptical & argue for scepticism.
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In terms of *social acceptability*, it should be equally acceptable to argue that scepticism is good as it is to argue that faith is.
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Mustn't accept situation where ppl can speak of the value of faith uncontroversially but spking of value of scepticism is seen as offensive
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Where faith is important to some ppl & not an attack on sceptics but sceptical ways of thinking are mean-spirited attacks on people of faith
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Mean-spirited attacks on religious ppl & on sceptics do happen ofc but civil discussions arguing either case shld be equally acceptable.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
however, i do find that people, especially tend to view skeptical view/ discussion as an attack.
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Yes. Much as I hate the word 'privilege,' we do live in a society that privileges religious belief over secular ideas.
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