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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
If you really had an open mind, perhaps you wouldn't have so much trouble reading other's opinions in this thread. We are just having a discussion.
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That's fair ...
But in my mind there are certain subjects that hit so close to home for people that more care is needed in how they approached. I can talk to a very passionate Atheist for hours because I'm not going to attempt to box him in, ridicule him, or call him insane for differing with my views on things.
I guess it comes down to style more than substance.
If you say something like "In my opinion religion has caused more trouble than it could ever report to have cured" I'd have to agree. "I think religion is nothing more than a very dated story" I wouldn't agree but I certainly wouldn't feel insulted.
"all religion is ..." that's ironically a surmon and not a discussion. You're coming at it as a point of fact meaning there is very little discussion needed as you're already on the side of "right" (and please understand by you I mean a person in a debate and not just you)
Really to be religious doesn't mean you have to swallow the whole nine yards and for most I think that's the case.