Ooh! My old Early Modern lit prof just liked my essay criticising PoMo forms of feminism on Facebook. Will have to see if she's free for tea
There needs to be a high threshhold. My disbelief in God could cause many true believers genuine anxiety & distress but can't be helped.
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Provided I'm not stopping them from believing & saying so & living according to their belief, I can disbelieve & say so & live accordingly.
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So you draw the line at intentional interference? For example you do not bring up your aetheism unless it's relevant to a policy issue?
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I can and have argued the issue with people who want to argue the issue. I think faith-based epistemologies are terrible ones...
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Respect for reason & evidence matters for its own sake not simply because of the consequences of not respecting them.
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But I also respect people's right not to respect them and not to want to discuss the matter.
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In the same way, I think its fine for religious people to argue for faith whether or not theirs is being threatened.
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