why should one be able to mock and ridicule one's political ideology but not their religious beliefs?
the latter is often even more ridiculous and nonsensical.so people who believe in climate change which has solid evidence supporting it are mocked by the extreme right and left. even though the consequences of ignoring this science could destroy all of humanity, the law in many countries will come down hard on someone who says god doesn't exist or who follows a different religion which has no consequence on the world.where is the logic in that? what is wrong with humanity? are we majority autistic or what?
what are you talking about religious people get mocked frequently and looked down upon by those who either believe differently or don't believe at all. this is why we shouldn't have religious people in power, they have a tendency to make it hard on the other religions.
i'll suppose that you're telling the truth, which, i'm sure you're not, simply by a few of the tells in your message. i'll suppose as such because your imaginary situation is possible.
i don't believe christians are necessarily idiots, and not many taoists believe that at all. it's not very logical to say "creationist = idiot" because that implies a million and one presuppositions and a very very jaundiced psychological map.
you have to ask the question "why do they believe in creationism as opposed to evolutionism despite the fact that they've been thoroughly educated on evolution, and the fact that the world could not have possibly been created in 7 days 6000 years ago."
there can be a million answers, but the most prominant one is this: "it's too much work to find my own answer, and this one fits--if i die, and i'm right, wonderful. i go to heaven, if i'm wrong, oh well, i won't remember anyway. it's a good guidebook for morals, and keeps me doing the right thing. christianity has made me a better person."
does that make you an idiot? no, it just makes you weak in one area of development. who cares if you're weak in one area if you're strong in countless others. if you do good work, helping people, making the world a better place, that's really all that matters.
the conflict arises if you're pushing theocratic reform in government, that tries to subject the whole world to your ideology simply because you haven't got the mental reserves to focus on what you really believe happened in the beginning of it all, or when you're one of the loud voices screaming out against stem-cell research technology, or any other philosophically possibly morally objectionable science on the premise of a few verses in a book.
with all of these considerations in mind, i don't care that you don't accept the science on evolution, it doesn't effect me, and it doesn't effect any of us. it only effects you, and your personal psychological map. how you view the whole, how you interact with the people around you. you know the left has no compelling argument on their side, nor evidence or reason to support their positions. lacking anything credible the only thing left is insulting and spewing hate. so so sad to watch haven't you noticed that hunting and fishing is something that transcends politics and religion and everything? even vp cheney enjoys hunting, and bagging an occassional lawyer. people from all walks of life enjoy hunting and fishing, republicans, democrats, mormons, catholics, baptists, you name it. when you think about all the wars that are fought over religion or politics and the number of people who are killed in the name of religion or politics i sometimes think we should have a religion of hunting where we simply hunt and enjoy life and let everybody else do the the same. nothing to fight over or kill each other over. sometimes the worst punishment is the way people treat you. its terrible when someone accuses you of something and then you have to deal with a wave of hatred and back stabbing, and nobody believes the truth.
its sad that their are so many dishonest people that when a person is a genuine human being they are treated like scum because nobody believes that honesty exists. hi maddie,the purpose of any manipulation is to convince another person that their previously held beliefs are incorrect. one example of a way to manipulate another person is through the practice of gaslighting. think of it as someone who continually turns down the lights in a room (turning down a gas lamp) but tells another person the light is constant, it's their perception or eyesight that is affected. the purpose of gaslighting is to convince another person that they are losing their sanity. how does this transform societal values? on a large scale, if you can convince a large number of people to change their values then society will inevitably shift in its core beliefs and practices. a positive example of this is the icelandic women's protest in 1975 when every woman in the country went on strike for one day. after this protest, women were given equal wages and equal rights under the law. though this strike was not manipulation but civil rights protest, you can see the impact of change on societal values. think about efforts to take away civil rights for one specific group of people: is the language used as a weapon? is it manipulative? deceptive? how would that impact independence and personal identities? if your civil rights were taken away, say your right to vote because of another person's manipulative argument, would you feel less independent? would you feel as though your voice mattered? would you feel more valued by society or less valued by society?good luck with your homework!jessica faith and religion are closely related to another, but there are many differences between them. one of those differences is how they are carried out. religion is more strict and structured than faith is. an example is christianity. this is a if, my friend, god is as infinite as they say he is how then would we be able to grasp him at al any more than a cockroach is able to understand a man. a cockroach might feel the vibrations of the man but he does not comprehend him as a man. so humans create a story book about god which brings its believers into a standard conduct for social cohesion and as a means for people to more easily relate to each other since they have a rule book, and a rule book sanctioned by the almighty. i agree with you that the bible is full of contradictions as it came about from many writers with various perspectives which were later looked through--some dispelled as apocrapha and others rejected completely, and some few which actually got incorporated into the canon. as such it does not have much literary value; however a classical novel or poem should have a consistent theme to it in which the writer proves a perspective. my advise is to read literature and philosophy for truth, disgard the bible, and never take a look at popular literature like the davinci code which is worse than the bible because it distorts it for the purpose of confusing readers about the story of cohesion only for the purpose of earning the reader high royalties in the case of a crisis, like our economy, the president can declare martial law.anyone (not just minority) who dont cooperate ect. with the new world order agenda, or that cant contribute to the government will be gathered by federal agents and taken to concentration camps.god forbid we cant pay our taxes! at least thats the way i understand it. too many illegal immigrants and pathetic politicians...oh and political correctness. it can't be proven scientifically, it can't be proven by photo, no one has seen no god. Ancient cultures who supposedly were smarter than us believed in other gods , several gods.