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Originally Posted by SmartAlx  Steve, I think the OP was asking you to reconsider your stance that everyone should shed their religious beliefs. Your defense of the article is apparently, "if religion works for you then keep doing it." You seem to think that it's okay for other people to practice religion, which sort of contradicts your belief that everyone should not have a religion. But I didn't hear a recantation in your response. Are you recanting? Or do you still believe that people should not have a religion? If you don't think people should have a religion, then I don't understand your response to the OP. It would be contradictory.
Can you help me to understand? |
I have nothing to recant because I don't "believe" anything I write. What I shared is a perspective. I don't claim ownership of a perspective since that would be pointless.
Having a multi-perspective view is no more contradictory than your computer's ability to function as both a productivity enhancement tool and an entertainment machine. It's perfectly capable of both and sees no point in wrapping its identity around one or the other.
Read Chapter 13 of my book if you require a more detailed explanation of why it's not helpful (and unnecessarily limiting) to wrap specific beliefs into one's identity.
My "stance" is not a fixed position.