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Originally Posted by idi banashapan
I am dismissive of this line…
Man’s chief end is to glorify God, [a] and to enjoy him for ever.
…Because I do not agree with it.
Like I say, being kind and inquisitive does not mean I must agree with everything others say or believe. Being inquisitive is less about the belief itself, but more about the motivation and reasoning as to why that belief is held. They are very separate things. So yes, I can be dismissive of the belief, but as you should well know by now from the many years on the forum, I am very interested in why someone believes something. Please don’t confuse the two.
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After many, many years on the forum you’re quite right, I’m not letting you get away with retconning yourself like this.
I know you don’t agree with Christian theology and certainly don’t expect you to pretend to agree fpr the sake of argument. But in the light of what you claim your ethical framework to be, that unfortunate slip into internet slang “Yeah…” really does undo you somewhat. It was dismissive and unkind. You then followed up with a bar-room caricature of religious faith that is truly absurd and underlines why being kind, inquisitive and mindful would actually be a good thing on your part. You will never, ever, understand the overwhelming majority of your fellow human beings if you refuse to engage with what drives them.