Journal lordhelmet01's Journal: Ich Bin Ein Vulcan
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Well, it's been a while, and it only took a London bombing to get me back on the digital soapbox. Here I am, and it's hard not to advocate for an end to libertarianism and civil rights when people take advantage of the freedoms afforded them by the "enemy" host society, to attack vulnerable noncombatants. I'm not so much angry as I'm fed up and pissed off. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
As I've indicated before, I do have a faith background and consider myself to be religious. Like many others, my faith has some absolutes of belief and conduct, and some less absolute rules of conduct and interaction with nonbelievers. Some of these guidelines (interpreted by humans, with all the attending fallibilities and biases thereof) sugggest discriminatory conduct and supremacy theories. Like many other reasonable believers in various religions, I don't take these suggestions too seriously. My conduct is governed basically by the principle of "I don't care." I don't care what colour your skin is, what you believe in, where you're from, how tall, short, handicapped, or enhanced you are. I will treat you with respect, tolerance, and dignity, and frankly I expect the same. When I encounter people of different faiths or cultures, I'm pleased for the opportunity to learn about them, and for the most part I don't feel threatened. I'm embarrassed to say that many of my co-believers don't conduct themselves the same way, and the way they discriminate and perpetuate ignorance and fearful stereotypes shames and disgraces myself and my faith.
Now I know that maintaining an atmosphere of fear and being under attack is a good way to maintain control and expand your influence, recruiting defenders of the cause for the sake of deity and honour, but hasn't more good come from seeking understanding and peace? As I understand it, most people want to live in peace, most people are reasonable, moderate, and for the most part, tolerant. So where's the problem? More specifically, who?
Call them fundamentalists, extremists, true believers, or self-aggrandising bastards, the people with the close mindset and militant insistence that not only must they be right, they must also inflict their correct interpretation on others are the root source of the problem. Intolerance, fear, and militance are their weapons. Be th
Well, it's been a while, and it only took a London bombing to get me back on the digital soapbox. Here I am, and it's hard not to advocate for an end to libertarianism and civil rights when people take advantage of the freedoms afforded them by the "enemy" host society, to attack vulnerable noncombatants. I'm not so much angry as I'm fed up and pissed off. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
As I've indicated before, I do have a faith background and consider myself to be religious. Like many others, my faith has some absolutes of belief and conduct, and some less absolute rules of conduct and interaction with nonbelievers. Some of these guidelines (interpreted by humans, with all the attending fallibilities and biases thereof) sugggest discriminatory conduct and supremacy theories. Like many other reasonable believers in various religions, I don't take these suggestions too seriously. My conduct is governed basically by the principle of "I don't care." I don't care what colour your skin is, what you believe in, where you're from, how tall, short, handicapped, or enhanced you are. I will treat you with respect, tolerance, and dignity, and frankly I expect the same. When I encounter people of different faiths or cultures, I'm pleased for the opportunity to learn about them, and for the most part I don't feel threatened. I'm embarrassed to say that many of my co-believers don't conduct themselves the same way, and the way they discriminate and perpetuate ignorance and fearful stereotypes shames and disgraces myself and my faith.
Now I know that maintaining an atmosphere of fear and being under attack is a good way to maintain control and expand your influence, recruiting defenders of the cause for the sake of deity and honour, but hasn't more good come from seeking understanding and peace? As I understand it, most people want to live in peace, most people are reasonable, moderate, and for the most part, tolerant. So where's the problem? More specifically, who?
Call them fundamentalists, extremists, true believers, or self-aggrandising bastards, the people with the close mindset and militant insistence that not only must they be right, they must also inflict their correct interpretation on others are the root source of the problem. Intolerance, fear, and militance are their weapons. Be th
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