tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post1649035865790450022..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Any One May Respond?Larry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-24286566707329623762008-04-08T09:24:00.000-06:002008-04-08T09:24:00.000-06:00So each one decides for himself/herself how to liv...<I>So each one decides for himself/herself how to live!</I><BR/><BR/>This is a problem how?James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-70553593907695019682008-04-06T06:10:00.000-06:002008-04-06T06:10:00.000-06:00I think it's actually stupider than you credit."Th...I think it's actually stupider than you credit.<BR/><BR/><I>"The supreme person in the life of an atheist is he himself as he accepts no authority over him for what he believes."</I><BR/><BR/>This is a complete non sequitur. The idea that one should make one's own mind up doesn't mandate an attitude of personal supremacy: there are <I>other people</I>, of equal worth and importance (and often of superior - earned -knowledge in certain fields).<BR/><BR/>On top of that, individual theists do personally have to make a meta-religious decision for themselves that they will accept the spiel of whtever religion - so the 'criticism' applies equally to them.<BR/><BR/>Ditto, for the same reason, the comment that <I>"each one decides for himself/herself how to live!"</I><BR/><BR/>Pah.Tom Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02997295899017354602noreply@blogger.com