Is it OK to question religion?

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 7:32 am

@at99 - didn't I read somewhere once that you were a teacher? I might be mistaken...but I was wondering - if it is true - whether you find you can achieve anything with your students when patronising in debates? If I am wrong regarding your profession, I apologise - but do you honestly not believe that we can be humble enough to learn from those younger than ourselves as well as those older?...

If your intentions were not to open yourself to learning other points of view, then I question your motives for posting this topic in the first place, when you yourself have admitted to understanding the volatile - and sometimes blinkered - nature of such a personal issue...

Just because peoples' opinions differ it does not make them wrong...

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EMINEM · Post by **EMINEM** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 8:21 am

Originally posted by Yshania:
[QBJust because peoples' opinions differ it does not make them wrong...

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I don't think so, Ysh. You gotta draw a line somewhere in the sand. What about people who believe that some races are inferior to other races, and should be treated so? What about those who think it morally justified to murder in the name of religion? What about people who hold to the opinion that wives must submit to their husbands in everything? Opinions differ, this is true, but like beliefs they are not equal in truth, and certain truths are "truer" than others... in my opinion.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 8:53 am

@Eminem - I agree with what you have just posted, my comment should have been expanded to explain my opinion in the context of this particular discussion

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 8:56 am

Originally posted by EMINEM:
<STRONG>I don't think so, Ysh. You gotta draw a line somewhere in the sand. What about people who believe that some races are inferior to other races, and should be treated so? What about those who think it morally justified to murder in the name of religion? What about people who hold to the opinion that wives must submit to their husbands in everything? Opinions differ, this is true, but like beliefs they are not equal in truth, and certain truths are "truer" than others... in my opinion. </STRONG>

@Eminem, I don't get the feeling Ysh is writing that all viewpoints are necessarily right or equal--only that a viewpoint which differs is not automatically incorrect. Many issues we are given to perceive as simple by our leaders our in fact very complex, and can provide totally distinct and mutally contradictory solutions if we emphasize different parts of the equation.

And no, I'm not denying what you said, either. Only pointing out that Ysh probably meant something different.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Nov 20, 2001 9:04 am

Fable- thanks for your more eloquent elaboration

My opinion was that just because we are discussing different religions, no-one should be excluded on the basis that their opinions don't agree...

I normally only lurk these discussions, but was just a little concerned that it seemed to be deteriorating into questioning as to whether someone even had a right to an opinion...