picking nits

topic posted Sat, May 29, 2004 - 3:55 PM by  Organizizer
I was a confimed Apatheist before I knew the word.
Thank you Lindsay, for creating this tribe!

Theres a spot in the descrip, the last paragraph, that sorta bugs me:

"The goal should be learning how to live with each other and promote the advancement of humanity in general. We can do that by relying on ourselves instead of some mystical external force and not wasting time and energy arguing about whether that mystical force really exists. "

I shy away from "should"s. I usualy either state what is or what can be. more positive, less coercive.

I also try to minimise either/ors that may pit me against someone with whom I have no quarrel.
not all mysticism denies individual responsibility and initiative.
I might say something like, ".. we dont need to look to an external force - our internal compass can tell us what we need to know. Does a mystical external force really exist? its virtually unprovable either way, and my knowledge won't change the outcome, so why waste time and energy arguing about it?

are these differences worth bothering with?

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