XPost: sci.psychology.psychotherapy, alt.consciousness, talk.origins   
   From: Be@here.now   
      
   On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:52:28 +0000 (UTC), "Raan"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >> Bottom line is that all dogma, fanaticism, fundamentalism, and   
   >> extremism can be dangerous, even under the name of Secular Humanism.   
   >>   
   >>  Agreeing to respect other people's right to hold and publicly express   
   >> their beliefs, even those religious beliefs that you disagree with,   
   >> has proved to be the only workable solution.   
   >>   
   >   
   >And is universal tolerance tolerant of intolerance?   
   >Beliefs are ignorance posing as knowledge.   
   >The limitations of reason and science do not negate them.   
   >Many think themselves reasonable that are not.   
   >And many label themselves other than what they are.   
   >My disagreement is with belief itself and none in particular.   
   >These sentences may be out of order but there you have it.   
      
   Sounds like political rhetoric to me.   
      
   We must tolerant intolerance, If we do not, then we become the   
   intolerant ones ourselves!   
      
   Beliefs are ideas.  Each one of us subjectively determines the quality   
   of the ideas.  Even the belief in a common objective reality is but a   
   subjective belief itself.   
      
   Reason and science are but tools to serve mankind, they are not our   
   god.  So called "reason" and science, removed from love and   
   compassion, make a cruel and evil god.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)