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RE: Values

From: Lawrence A. Parker (occti)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2000 - 11:02:31 PDT

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    > *whew* what a sticky one this can be!

    Larry (S),

    Indeed - very sticky! And that was a well thought response you sent us.

    And I agree with you that it is neither the place of the teacher to
    disparage any or all religious or faith beliefs. I try not to myself, but
    will freely discuss/argue with anyone who wants to state that any of them
    are Truth, much less the Only Truth.

    Back in the 70's, I was ordained (keep your hat on, Woody; I know it was a
    lark) by the Universal Life Church. I think the founder was doing a little
    too much cheap wine...

    But the good thing about ULC was that it had only two tenets:

    1) Every person is entitled to her or his own belief, and
    2) Every person is entitled to preach that belief to whomever wants to
    listen.

    That's about as close as you can get to universal tolerance and free speech.

    Or, in the words of Robert Heinlein, "I knew a little lizard once who
    maintained that his ancestors had been great and terrible monsters. I saw
    no harm in letting him believe that. It wasn't hurting anyone, and there is
    so little happiness in the world that if this is all it takes to make him
    happy and proud of himself, so be it."

    For myself, I never berate people to their face about their beliefs. None
    of us knows for sure what the Truth is. But by the same respect, I don't
    appreciate others getting in my face about my beliefs.

    Larry 

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