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Originally Posted by Sliver
It's irrelevant whether he is spreading lies or just promoting his beliefs (although I think most people concede he's just spreading his beliefs). He's spreading things that are not true. I'm sure you would chastise your own kids for spreading BS and you would do that because harmful or not, it is not right to say things that are not true.
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He's not spreading lies, he's spreading his beliefs and there's a vast difference.
Its up to people if they want to believe what he's spreading.
If my kid is telling a bald faced lie thats harmful and not backed by belief of course I'll chastise him, if he's spreading something thats hatefull of course I'll chastise him.
But I'm not going to censure something that someone believes I might debate him on it.
but its not up to you or me or a commission to decide whats allowed to be heard.
Its up to us as a society to take in that information and decide if its valid or not.
If Kirk Cameron gave me that book, I would take it, thank him very much, probably read the pre-amble and decide that it doesn't jive with what I know based on what I've studied or absorbed or believe.
In your way of thinking, Charles Darwin should have had a sock stuffed in his mouth when he was originally discussing his findings because it went counter to what society believed at the time.
If as a society we're so stupid that we need people to define our beliefs based on someones decision that its a lie then we're a fairly closed minded society.