From: ml (mbtlehn@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Aug 05 2004 - 06:56:34 BST
Apologies...I stand chastened and abashed
as glib dismissiveness is inappropriate or
low quality vis prejudiced...
thanks--mel
----- Original Message -----
From: "johnny moral" <johnnymoral@hotmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: MD DQ & emergence
> Hi msh and mel,
>
> >mel:
> >Hmmm. I know some literalist fundamentalists who
> >make the Taliban look liberal...maybe we should invite
> >them to participate in some anti-theism discussion.
> >THAT should be productive ;-)
> >
> >msh says:
> >Would be no less productive than engaging Christian fundamentalists
> >in the same way. But I note the smiley face, and won't persist. The
> >point is that truth-seekers give all new points of view a fair, first-
> >hand reading/hearing, before embracing or dismissing. However, I
> >concede that there are only so many hours in a lifetime, and choices
> >must be made.
>
> Ths actually isn't true, you don't have to make a choice to dismiss or
> embrace someone's point of view. You can accept it without embracing it
or
> dismissing it. You needn't be worried that it would be invalidating or
> dismissing your own point view to not invalidate or dismiss someone elses
> becuase it seems contradictory. If it seems contradictory, just chalk it
up
> to different points of view. Different points of view only get nasty with
> each other when someone feels the need to assert the other one is wrong.
> It's surprisingly easy to be easy going and see that they are both right.
>
> Johnny
>
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