Angels, Evolution, Anthropogenic Global Warming, Ghosts and UFOs

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you certainly did and you still are. so far your 2 posts are advocating unqualified freedom of relgious belief, which includes brainwashing children, subversion of science, and rampant discrimination in the USA, and those things + abuse of women and violence in other parts of the world.

if you want to add qualifiers at any point feel free, but your initial post was dead wrong. there are and always will be serious problems when people are free to believe "whatever" they want.

The "qualifiers" are the laws. You can believe whatever you want as long as you don't break the law.

 

[¹²³]

Since he's citing part of the UN Declaration, I'm pretty sure he implied that those freedoms would stop where they restrict other individuals' freedoms. That topic's been debated to death by the United Nations, and they've generally rejected cultural relativist arguments.

Yep, that's my general idea.

 

[crowTrobot]

The "qualifiers" are the laws. You can believe whatever you want as long as you don't break the law.

unfortunately the law (in the USA) only addresses violence and the most serious forms of discrimination, and less elsewhere. in some cases the "law" is actually religious mandate.

 

[¹²³]

unfortunately the law (in the USA) only addresses violence and the most serious forms of discrimination, and less elsewhere. in some cases the "law" is actually religious mandate.

What is your alternative?

 

[rocketeer]

you certainly did and you still are. so far your 2 posts are advocating unqualified freedom of relgious belief, which includes brainwashing children, subversion of science, and rampant discrimination in the USA, and those things + abuse of women and violence in other parts of the world.

what posts have you been reading? he said nothing like that.

 

[crowTrobot]

what posts have you been reading? he said nothing like that.

he did. it's all part of the same package.

 

[rocketeer]

he did. it's all part of the same package.

he gave a list of beliefs that people could have and said go ahead, believe in whatever you want.

you gave a list of actions and said go ahead.

see the difference there? in no way did 123 suggest any of the things you said.

 

[crowTrobot]

he gave a list of beliefs that people could have and said go ahead, believe in whatever you want.

you gave a list of actions and said go ahead.

see the difference there? in no way did 123 suggest any of the things you said.

actions stem from beliefs. all part of the same package.

 

[Denny Crane]

Funny. I only believe in Evolution from that list.

 

[rocketeer]

actions stem from beliefs. all part of the same package.

beliefs are harmless if they aren't accompanied by actions.

 

[Eastoff]

beliefs are harmless if they aren't accompanied by actions.

until we figure out telekinesis!

 

[Blazed Mania 52]

until we figure out telekinesis!

Well maybe if those aliens that hypothetically breeded us,had evolved to know telekinesis now that would change things significantly.

 

[Eastoff]

Well maybe if those aliens that hypothetically breeded us,had evolved to know telekinesis now that would change things significantly.

or maybe our planets are like atoms for some gigantic creature. Most of the space between your own atoms is basically a vacuum.

 

[barfo]

or maybe our planets are like atoms for some gigantic creature. Most of the space between your own atoms is basically a vacuum.

Not necessarily. Some people are quite dense.

barfo

 

[crowTrobot]

2008 harris poll shows belief in angels at 71% in the US which makes more sense demographically.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=982

 

[¹²³]

2008 harris poll shows belief in angels at 71% in the US which makes more sense demographically.

http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=982

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