Posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2006, at 11:51:38
In reply to Re: I-statements, posted by Dr. Bob on May 31, 2006, at 11:08:55
> > She thought all of us might be better off without it, as then we too would know a freedom of thought. That is not a bad thing to wish for people, to wish them a chance to know something they cannot now know. To wish them a chance to be naive.
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> But is that something they wish for themselves?
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> BobShe's asking that a novel idea be considered, not that there is any right answer, or decision being made for someone else.
She's asking them to try and imagine a different world.
Her personal world is hers, clearly. She's not defining anybody else's world. She's asking them to imagine a novel world. What it would be like, if religious precepts were absent, and we had to sort things out from experience itself. Where there are no books to turn to, with "answers" to the questions, at hand.
It would be a different world. One person may affirm or deny the thought, but it isn't imposed on them. Not in any way. There is no label being assigned.
Imagine a Babble where no one got blocked.
Have I hurt you, to imagine?
Lar
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