Reply #160: What bothers me...endlessly...

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

is the very notion that some people have that theirs is "the standard" by which all other faiths or "ultimate belief" should be measured. But, who gives them that right? That's a problem we have here in the South quite a bit, usually the fundamentalist Baptists (by their sheer numbers) try to set themselves up as the gatekeepers-- the"default arbitors"-- of what is ultimate truth and goodness. I've had this argument with these folks many times over the years, but they seldom if ever learn. They like to play the "majority rule" card, which they should know (if true to the roots of their own tradition) does not apply to matters of conscience.