Bridge, With acknowledgement that *your* use of the word 'majority' is different than how I was using it in this thread, I concur. :)
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Bridge <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Aug 18, 8:39 pm, SM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > atypican, perhaps in your case your opinion is often closely held > by > > > > > those with > > > > > whom you dialog (or at least not diametrically different)...so > others > > > > > are > > > > > not easily incensed by what you say. > > > > > That's kinda a compliment, atyp. > > > > If so interpreted, that's cool...it wasn't my intent to either compliment > or > > insult...just offering a possible explanation. > > My only point lately has been that it's cool that we aren't really > worried about getting a lot of traffic. We want a very specific person > here. We want people that don't want to get all worked up when they're > talking about religion. > > We definitely aren't "the majority", right? > > ;-) > > > > > > For my part though, in most beliefs I'm unsettled if I happen to find > myself > > in agreement with the majority. I've found the consensus opinion is > usually > > wrong (herding phenomenon). Moreover, and more to the point, the Bible > > teaches that the 'majority' is at enmity with God and thus the 'popular > > view' is usually 180 degrees out-of-phase with the truth. >
