Comments on: You believe WHAT?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:33:58 +0000

I would simply fly away ..
Like R-Kelly has been singing ..
Are belive I can fly ..
Interesting to read ..
Mike

By: Madonna the whore

Madonna the whore — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:34:36 +0000

Hello, Kat

“I have found that some of the most “liberal” people are the most judgmental. ”

That’s your belief.

What a contradiction.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:27:20 +0000

Kenny, I dont think when you challenge someones beliefes, you force them to think or change. Are you saying that they no longer have a choice, merely because you expressed your opinion?

In my experiance, they dont even consider the argument. They ignore it in favour of “But I believe it. Its true for me…” etc.

By: Kuro

Kuro — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:10:46 +0000

I belive i can fly

By: Kenney

Kenney — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:59:11 +0000

I believe in challenging beliefs and giving them a chance to think. We upset their comfort zone, and they are forced to think or change.

By: Vitor

Vitor — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:32:35 +0000

You should publish a book. I’d buy it.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:29:56 +0000

I think respect is a form of acceptance, and a way of treating other people well even though we don’t always agree with them. It’s when you take someone seriously even though you’re convinced he’s wrong, and when you turn off your goddamn cell phone in a movie theatre

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:54:31 +0000

I dont understand respect. To me, it goes along with other meaningless concepts such as honour or fairness. I have asked many people, who talk about these qualities, to explain them to me. So far, none have been adequit (cant spell). Most cant even begin to explain them.

So, imagine I was an alien, and knew nothing about human society.
Could you explain respect to me, Jay? I want to know what you mean by it, as you use the word alot in this article.

As for the “You should exercise this opportunity only when a belief is limiting the life-experience of another individual”-I think religion limits life experience.
Just because we think we will not succed is no reason not to try. I want to make the world a better place, and thusly, will not stop trying to argue people out of irrational beliefs.

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:24:16 +0000

Enrico, that was a great story, thanks for sharing it. I’ve been thinking a lot about this issue lately, as relating to two distinctly separate scenarios. One, openly sharing my “new age” (an easily targeted and dismissed set of ideologies among some) with my boyfriend of 4 years openly, without fear of judgment, and two, supporting my chosen political candidate with out trying to “convince” others of my beliefs while honoring theirs.

(What a fine line we walk!)

And Tim, you make a good point. My response is that I think people can really sense when comments are made with sincerity and respect vs. with patron ism.

I should check out Halls book…

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:14:28 +0000

People generally don’t make a distinction between “beliefs” and the truth. So stating their ‘beliefs’ is to them simply being a realist. Almost everyone is more aware of the more fluid and contentious nature of their ‘religious’ and ‘political’ beliefs and is usually more sensitive about their presentation, but people have ‘truths’, opinions and indeed beliefs about all sorts of things outside those subject domains. We obviously need to be sensitive, or at least (…or maybe more importantly…) polite about the presentation of our views on everything. The trouble with ’sensitivity’ is however is that it can be demeaning too, no adult with self respect wants to be “handled with kid gloves” and hyper-sensitivity or at least “conspicuous sensitivity” itself is offensive.