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mo' nads · 02-08-2005, 07:49 AM

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Tuvar Ane Ingolenen says :...accepting that 'everyone is entitled to her or his own ethical beliefs.' as dogma. Would be a bad idea. I would say that nobody is entitled to the ethical belief that my life is worthless because I will roast in hell for eternity anyway.

mo' : You've left out an integral part of the prospective dogma, my friend. > The "I believe" prefix was intentionally inserted to qualify the maxim.

I believe that everyone is entitled to believe what they may. Yes, even such *ridiculous ideas as the one you mentioned.

*Alas, yet another fish in the sea of subjective valuation!

Bright Life · 02-08-2005, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Tuvar Ane Ingolenen

For example accepting 'everyone is entitled to her or his own ethical beliefs.' as dogma. Would be a bad idea. I would say that nobody is entitled to the ethical belief that my life is worthless because I will roast in hell for eternity anyway.

Oh, they're entitled to believe anything they want. They are NOT entitled to act on it, or to force the laws associated with those beliefs on the rest of us.

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