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<blockquote data-quote="majj27" data-source="post: 72687871" data-attributes="member: 353671"><p>People like to gather into their tribes and defend their turf, and that applies to intellectual/emotional turf as well as a patch of land. It's an unfortunate human trait - unless we take effort to do otherwise, we often want to be heard more than we want to listen.</p><p></p><p>I've learned important, wondrous things from Christians, Atheists, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. I've known truly amazing people from all points on the tapestry of theological belief, from the unshakably devout to the full hard-atheist materialist.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't change that either. It's made me treasure each and every person on this pale blue dot more, along with my little time on it.</p><p></p><p>Whether anyone is lost or not is not my call to make. They are a fellow human being, and I'm sure there is something we can teach each other if we're open to truly listening, and we will both come away being more than we were before.</p><p></p><p>Or at least that's my idealistic perspective. My cynical one is... less polyanna and involves copious amounts of expletives. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite63" alt=":smirk:" title="Smirk :smirk:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":smirk:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="majj27, post: 72687871, member: 353671"] People like to gather into their tribes and defend their turf, and that applies to intellectual/emotional turf as well as a patch of land. It's an unfortunate human trait - unless we take effort to do otherwise, we often want to be heard more than we want to listen. I've learned important, wondrous things from Christians, Atheists, Muslims, Buddhists, etc. I've known truly amazing people from all points on the tapestry of theological belief, from the unshakably devout to the full hard-atheist materialist. I wouldn't change that either. It's made me treasure each and every person on this pale blue dot more, along with my little time on it. Whether anyone is lost or not is not my call to make. They are a fellow human being, and I'm sure there is something we can teach each other if we're open to truly listening, and we will both come away being more than we were before. Or at least that's my idealistic perspective. My cynical one is... less polyanna and involves copious amounts of expletives. :smirk: [/QUOTE]
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