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Old 10-08-2010, 03:01 PM   #60
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Originally Posted by kindlekitten View Post
who gets to decide what are irrational and harmful?
Deciding what is rational *should* be easy. Hint: beliefs without any evidence whatsoever to support them are not rational.

Would you call belief in elves rational?

As for harmful, here's one example:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/d...s-8/episode-1/

How do you get people to stop killing witches, never mind stop believing such things exist, if they believe in a book that says witches should be killed?

How many innocents have died throughout history, and keep dying?

Also read: http://gretachristina.typepad.com/gr...ts-and-an.html

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can't you just respect and honor people and your own integrity by letting them have a voice?
I can respect and honor people. I cannot respect irrational, harmful beliefs, and am puzzled why you think I should.

As for "letting them have a voice" - I'm not trying to silence such beliefs, just to point out how irrational and harmful they are.

Would you like to review the ways the currently dominant religions came into power, and the "respect" they had for dissenting views?
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