Posted by Estella on July 31, 2006, at 19:36:22
In reply to Re: what would make the world a better place, posted by Dr. Bob on July 31, 2006, at 13:40:52
> > aren't we allowed to discuss what we think would make the world (in general) a better place?
> Yes, but remember, the primary goal of this site is support. It tends to be more constructive if you put things in terms of what you think could be improved rather than what you think the problems are. In other words, it's more supportive to say the world would be better with y than without x.
Right. And that is why I unpacked 'I think the world would be better without x' like this:
>is it uncivil to say so?
>i don't really see how...
>if people disagree i am up for a discussion (i think that would be interesting which is why i said what i did)>i believe the world would be a better place if people appealed to natural rather than supernatural explanations.
>i believe the world would be a better place if people appreciated that morality and values are seperable from established religion in the sense that you can have either one without the other and having one doesn't make it more probable that you will have the other.
>i believe the world would be a better place if people appreciated that there are other reasons for acting morally in accordance with values than 'god will reward us in the next life' or 'god will punish us in the next life' or 'because god said we should / shouldn't'.http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/poli/20060417/msgs/646430.html
But seems that wasn't okay since you cited:
> i believe the world would be a better place if people appealed to natural rather than supernatural explanations.
In favour of blocking me.
10.5 weeks.
I tried to rephrase and I ended up not being able to post for 10.5 weeks.
Sorry but, I don't think I'll ever see that as fair.
And... I still don't understand. Maybe I see something of why you think you blocked me. But I really don't think I'll ever accept that as a good or fair reason.
poster:Estella
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