I agree, I have read most of the thread and with the one exception of that one
personal attack by a list member everything else I read was merely an open and
onest expression of faith and religion. The same type of discussions that gone
on a gazillion times a day.
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Evans
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I agree with you but I refuse your claim that I am disrespectful toward Jews
and Christians. I criticise ignorance of people not their beliefs.
I hope you get this.
You may add to your suggestions not to assume things about people we don't know.
On 8/1/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Please everybody, take all personal attacks, arguments regarding
religion, and posts from other lists, off Blind Democracy. I, and I'm
sure other people, am skipping all emails with the name, Bob Evans, or
Mustafa, and with any subject lines regarding religion. If Mustafa is
disrespectful toward Christians and Jews, so are our non believing
list members who feel impelled to repeat over and over again their
reasons for thinking that religion is nonsense, and that all believers
are stupid and ignorant. One's religious identity is part of one's
personal identity. When, in the guise of intellectual discussion, you
attack an individual's religious belief, it feels to that person like
a personal attack. For people on the political left, who see
themselves as defenders of humanity and civil liberties, these attacks
on other people's beliefs are unforgiveable. And it is unnecessary to
fight back with stronger or nastier language, when one feels attacked.
That's precisely what Mr. Trump does. Sometimes, silence is the better
part of valor.
Miriam
