What deserves respect?
A couple of opinion questions:1) Should a person's religion or religious belief be respected by others who don't believe it? Does it matter what religion it is? If religious belief should be...
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People as individuals should be respected. Part of respecting an individual is respecting that they have a right to their culture and their beliefs, even if one or both of these is wrong....
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I cant make a blanket statement when there are glaring exceptions to general tolerance like female genital mutilation and honor killing.
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I have a default level of respect for anyone I meet. It can go up or down.I believe there are some ideas that we should not respect at all. Honor killings are a perfect example. That idea deserves no...
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Oh Lanni, thats such a dour and remarkably negative position to take.I belive it is QUITE possible for humans to establish and live by a very long list of similar ideas and ideals.Most of these...
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Quote:LannSi I have a default level of respect for anyone I meet. It can go up or down.Nicely put.I think this sums up my thinking as well but I never put it in such concise terms.Zakalwe
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As this dude once said, "A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts."Quote:I belive it is QUITE possible for humans to establish and live by a very long list of similar ideas and...
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When people's behavior diverges from what they say they believe or how they say they should act, I begin to lose respect for them. Until then I'm willing to at least do them the courtesy of treating...
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I agree with a lot said here.Cat, My respect for LannSi has grown since he's stopped the name calling from early disagreements. He is rather consistant. I doubt he feels the same way though.
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JilQun Wrote: Indeed... if such a god were to exist... is this NOT THE WHOLE POINT OF OUR TENURE as humans on this tiny earthen sphere? To strive to be better, more loving people and THEREBY prove we...
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Well done. Now define "being more loving." Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not...
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