In the process of teaching and writing one must constantly consider the thoughts of men with different ideas. Writing can be a way of rethinking again and again. Profound experiences stimulate thoughts but such thoughts do not look very adequate on paper.Yet this is what practically all religious people do. It is less than honest to give one's own religion the benefit of every possible doubt while imposing unsympathetic readings on other religions.
Few things about the strategy of contemporary apologists are more repellent than their frequent recourse to spurious alternatives. Renouncing false beliefs will not usher in the millennium.
The evil deeds of Communism and Nazism are not due to their lack of belief but to their false beliefs, even as the evil deeds of the Crusaders, Inquisitors, and witch hunters, and Luther's exhortation to burn synagogues and Calvin's decision to burn Servetus, were due to their false beliefs. Essay published in Harper's Magazine (February 1959), using excerpts from his book of the same name. True tolerance remains mindful of the humanity of those who make things easy for themselves and welcomes and even loves honest and thoughtful opposition above less thoughtful agreement. 2.14 Chapter 13 "Trilogue on Heaven, Love, and Peace"ġ959 Essay We have no wish to indoctrinate we want to teach our students to resist indoctrination and not accept as authoritative the beliefs of other men or even the ideas that come to us as in a flash of illumination.2.12 Chapter 11 "Freud and the Tragic Virtues".2.9 Chapter 8 "Jesus vis-à-vis Paul, Luther, and Schweitzer".2.7 Chapter 6 "Suffering and the Bible".2.4 Chapter 3 "Philosophy and Revolution".
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