Religion
In reply to the discussion: There is a lot of talk in this forum about god [View all]napoleon_in_rags
(3,991 posts)You walk into a room, 12 people are there. You ask what that was just outside the window that went by.
3 say it was a red sedan
2 say it was a red SUV
2 say it was a yellow sedan
1 says it was orange pickup with L. Ron Hubbard's face painted on the side.
2 say it was a orange sedan
2 say there was no vehicle at all
Now using reason, you come real quick to some conclusions:
1) If you side with any of these groups as being totally right and start bashing the others, odds are you will be wrong.
2) You gather that there was was something outside the window, probably sedan or small SUV, and it was warm colored, but you also gather from the confusion that nobody knows the details for sure. To prevent conflict, you respect everybody's perceptions of what they think they saw or didn't see, recognizing first and foremost the limited perception of people toward this thing.
3) You piece together your own concept of what you think happened, knowing it may be wrong, and share it, but don't shove it down people's throats, because the odds of being wrong are high.
With the thing outside the window of course being God, that gives a snapshot of the religious liberals take on. We start by realizing our own imperfections instead of dwelling on others.