scary things at CRTC

[Madison Kelly]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> To me, I see anyone who dismisses the beliefs, or lack thereof, of 
> others with simple adjectives like "insane" as being equal foolish and 
> close-minded.
> 
> Madi

What I meant by this is that when someone simply dismisses someone 
else's views, beliefs, opinions or what have you out of hand, it closes 
the door on discussion, hurts people's feelings and results in people 
getting defensive. (run on sentence much?)

I was raised Catholic and when I left the church I was angry. I mean 
Livid. I thought all religion was crap, that it's followers were simply 
idiots.

It wasn't until I calmed the heck down and actually *talked* to people 
of various faiths that I was able to see the value in religion. I still 
have no time for the organizations behind major religions, but 
individual people's faith I can respect, if not agree with.

That's all I was trying to get at. Talk to people who believe things you 
don't, don't simply shut them down with petty name calling.

Madi
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