i want to once more take a position that i stole possibly from @pegobry that a better term for this is _fideism_
helpfully from @NoHolyScripture: https://twitter.com/CharlesFLehman/status/1460220159973601286 …pic.twitter.com/uKsYOlj2Ui
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i think theres a case to be made for wokeism being a religion, tho i dont have a strong view on this what i object to specifically is the tendency to claim "its a religion" with the implication that this is ipso facto grounds for criticismhttps://twitter.com/JackMartensite/status/1460230982716563457?t=LO-CfzPVocvVA12XZJjGtw&s=19 …
im not sure how McWhorters book actually handles this. but to the extent that his critique boils down to "its bad because its a religion" one can imagine why people of other religions would be unwelcoming to the argument
Exactly. They may be evangelical about their belief and try to convert you but that's very different than "Take this class, express your pronouns in your Twitter bio, or we'll salt the earth of your career as an example to others."
The content matters. If the belief itself is “you and everyone you love will be punished for disbelief” that is going to quickly make the belief of others an overriding existential threat.
i guess that depends on whether i believe in the punishment :)
Many belief systems include, as part of their belief set, that not believing is inherently an affront to heaven, and believing differently is worse. I think people are capable of genuinely, sincerely believing in bad things.
> If you fully trust you will not lose touch with what you know, then others’ ideas cannot harm you. > If you can’t trust that about yourself, then you're vulnerable and must inhabit a guarded stance in order to avoid losing touch with what you know. from https://malcolmocean.com/2021/11/thinking-that-rejects-other-thinking/ …pic.twitter.com/25IgUjNKJ2
Hahahahahaha. I think you are missing something big here. I am warmly amused and not contemptuous about this at all. But it strikes me as funny that you are focusing so much on the threat represented by the other person's ideas.
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