Originally Posted by dark dreamer:
I enjoy reading other peoples opinions. I also realize that they are entitled to that opinion. I also realize I don't need to fight with them about every little thing and that it doesn't matter much if I / You don't agree on something. That's ok.
i'm mostly acctually the same way, DD..
except i try to make sue i use the same tactics they use.
when someone says to me " i believe, or i think.." then they get my respect for their opinion, even if my own opinion differs.
but often someone, especally bill gray will not present a topic as ' i believe' but as the god given gospel, handed down form on high, and any who disagree are hellbound.
if you disagree with bill gray, you are wrong, and doomed. just ask him.
there are others in the athiest camp that jump up just as snotty, at times, as bill does. not as often as bill, but it's still pretty arrogant when someone says ' this is the truth, and if you don't agree you are delusional" when they have no more solid proof than bill does.
but, you know, whatever. i'm still waiting for one side or the other to give us definitive demonstrable proof and settle it for once and for all. until they do, neither said can offer anything but opinion... they offer ' i believe' and ' i think' even when they try to pass it off as conclusive fact.
i have a feeling i'm going to be waiting for a long long time.