Originally Posted by
Mike_Oettle
Zardoz, the red flag was not that the poster expressed a lack of belief in the Divine. It was his flat-out statement: “There is no evidence of a supernatural being that controls all.”
He is welcome to believe that. But this is not the place to promote that view, nor is it my place to insist that the contrary is true.
Let’s not have a debate on the merits of Richard Dawkins’s opinions. I have had such discussions elsewhere, but the topic is inappropriate on X Marks.
Regards,
Mike
Mike, I don't see that post as the "promotion" of a 'lack of belief', anymore than that many of the other posts here could be seen as a promotion of beliefs.
Lots of folks are basically saying 'my belief tells me this' , all that fellow was saying was 'I don't believe it, and that tells me this'.
Y'all are sort of helping me with my point;
statements of belief OK,
statements of non-belief, or even alternate beliefs problematic.
But we can agree on the idea that their discussion is inappropriate on X Marks.
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