I agree that everyone has the right to believe whatever they want and
they don't have the right to impose those beliefs on others, But that
has nothing to do with it being true. The value in demanding that people
give rational defenses of something that has nothing to do with
rationality is to expose it as irrational and invalid.
On 7/29/2017 8:59 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
My feeling is that people have a right to whatever beliefs they may have
regarding religion. However, they do not have a right to impose those
beliefs on other people. We've had discussions regarding religious belief on
this list and certainly, that's what this list is for, - the exchange of
thoughts and discussion of differences. However, I don't see the value in
demanding that people give rational reasons for something that has nothing
to do with rationality. I also have difficulty with people using this list
as a means to instruct us on what they believe that we ought to believe or
what we ought to think. I don't like being instructed in religious beliefs
or in political theory. Discussion, yes. Lectures, no.
Miriam