Den 16. feb. 2006 kl. 22.23 skrev Tom C:
Collin wrote:
A follow-up discussion would be to evaluate the various belief
systems to ferret out "truth".
No, that discussion should question whether or not we need a
belief system at all. After that we might try to find the system
that has the least organized intolerance. As none of them
represents a truth that would be the natural choice to maintain
peace.
DagT
Relabeled OT...
Do you believe in absolute truth? There are those that do not
accept that premise, nor would they choose to adhere to a belief
system embracing such a concept, not wanting to be confined by
reality. :-)
With a scientific upbringing you could say that I believe in
skepticism .-)
Not believing that a belief system is required, is itself a belief
system, and is based on less empirical evidence than many so-called
belief system. Therefore everyone would have their own belief
system, some similar and some radically different. It doesn't seem
that would be a path to peace.
I didn´t say that I didn´t believe in any belief system I only said
that that should be the logical place to start the discussion. We
cant take it for granted without making it another belief .-)
As mere humans with finite life spans, none of us can claim to know
it all or understand it all. But that does not mean there is not a
belief system that embraces truth and comes as close as we can
possibly hope to know at the moment.
True, but knowing that the problem is belief systems that don´t allow
or accept the others.
DagT
