> On 11-Jan-2015, at 4:22 am, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 3:47 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> By the way, I wonder if you or anybody else on the list can explain >> something to me that I have never understood; why is it that in all of human >> activity religion is the one and only one that is supposed to be absolutely >> positively 100% immune from criticism, and anyone who breaks this social >> convention is a terrible person almost by definition? > > For the record, I don't hold that opinion, but if you were to ask me why many > people seem to lean toward that disposition, I would say that it while in > theory, people can change their mind and their religion, for many others it > is congenital and something they cannot change, and in society we frown on > criticizing people for things they cannot change and had no control over. > > Jason When people criticise others' faiths, firstly it hurts others feeling making the criticism fall on deaf ears. So even if they are right, they are unable to get their point across and only breed ill-feelings. Secondly, many a times the criticisers have little knowledge of what they are criticising, or they do not understand, or they fudge facts to make their point. I think it would be far more constructive and helpful if people could talk about the correctness of their own faith rather than criticise others faith. This would offer an alternative to think about and maybe come to believe in at some point. It would also be helpful to their own selves if, instead of criticising, they asked questions about other faiths rather than making assertions. Samiya
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