[ExI] Atheism again

[William Flynn Wallace]

no-one has the right
to prevent others from giving offence, as many muslims, christians, and
others are constantly trying to do.
Ben Zaiboc

*What that tells this psychologist is that those people have a shaky belief
system - sort of like a weak ego that cannot stand criticism.  One strong
in belief can enjoy satire, jokes, drawings, or any kind of criticism.  We
do know that the radicals in each group are a small minority.*

*How would you react if someone challenged your belief in science?  With
patience, I hope, a shake of the head, perhaps a tendency to preach the
values of science, but nothing remotely violent or even harsh.*

*bill w*

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:24 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 21/04/2020 15:21, Giulio Prisco wrote:
> > To those fundamentalists ... who can't live without policing thoughts,
> my message is: What business of yours is
> > policing the belief, or the lack of belief, of others?
> > I believe in everyone's right to pursue meaning and happiness in their
> > own personal way
>
> Amen to that. As long as it remains a private matter.
>
> The trouble begins when the beliefs or convictions of one person tell
> them that they have the right to dictate the beliefs, convictions,
> behaviour, etc., of others. These don't have to be religious beliefs or
> convictions, of course, but in practice they usually are, to an
> overwhelming extent.
>
> The trouble becomes especially bad when beliefs are wormed into
> legislation, affecting whole populations. I don't need to give examples,
> almost every country in the world suffers from this, but some are a lot
> worse than others.
>
> There's also a big difference between 'policing someones belief' and
> 'arguing for or against a viewpoint'. That includes satire and ridicule.
> I think everyone has the right to be offended, but no-one has the right
> to prevent others from giving offence, as many muslims, christians, and
> others are constantly trying to do.
>
> --
> Ben Zaiboc
>
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