Thread: The laws of men

Originally Posted by trewornan

Yes that's true - hopefully a slightly more polite word but the meaning is essentially the same. But let me ask you a question: suppose I'd said that neo-Keynesianism was nonsense, would you have claimed that was spiteful?

Most people wouldn't, they might challenge me to justify it but they wouldn't find it offensive. The problem is the double standard believers expect others to respect.

Yeah, because you are still expressing an opinion rather than a well reasoned argument. I would think that any sort of name-calling of a belief system not your own is the sort of incendiary comment that leads to a lot of resentment. If you were to show up and say, "I believe that religion Z is fallacious, for relevant reasons X and Y" I think folks would attach a bit more credence to what you say.

Why? Because many people have a lot of their self image invested in their religion, and to them, insulting their religion (yes, insulting, not rationally arguing) is about as inoffensive as walking up and calling them an asshole for no reason.