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Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 06:51:36 JST Church of Jeff

#ReligionIsPoison
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1. originalsinfluencer 17h I just heard someone say "Christianity is the worlds most violent book club" Profound.
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  Church of Jeff (jeffowski@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 09:28:33 JST Church of Jeff
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  @PeterLG -- "Those who can make people believe absurdities can also make them commit atrocities." --- Voltaire
  Another note: Karl Popper's Paradox of Tolerance applies to religion as much as it applies to racism and fascism. You cannot believe in #EqualRights if your god favors one group over another.
  
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  Peter (peterlg@theblower.au)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 09:28:34 JST Peter
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  That's a little biased; there are other book clubs just as violent. The Quran club is very popular in many places, and its members can be just as gung ho.
  
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  Peter (peterlg@theblower.au)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 12:39:41 JST Peter
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  Absolutely! One must not tolerate intolerance, and I see no paradox in that statement.
  
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  @PeterLG -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
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    Paradox of tolerance
    
    The paradox of tolerance states that if a society's practice of tolerance is inclusive of the intolerant, intolerance will ultimately dominate, eliminating the tolerant and the practice of tolerance with them. Karl Popper describes the paradox as arising from the seemingly self-contradictory idea that, in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance. Formulation Preston King describes tolerance as occurring when one objects to but voluntarily endures certain acts, ideas, organisations and identities. This involves two components: An objection component, wherein an agent objects to an item. For instance, a follower of one faith may assert the beliefs of another faith are wrong. If this objection component is absent, the agent is not tolerant but simply indifferent. An acceptance component, which does not resolve the objection but instead offers positive reasons for overlooking it, e.g. social harmony. This acceptance must be voluntary — enduring an oppressive government, for example, is not an instance of tolerance because it...

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