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By: Richard_Collins

Richard_Collins — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:19:08 +0000

James writes:
Try and actually understand the real position of people before you mouth off on them.
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I'm going to use that, James. Bigots have not been raised to understand they have an obligation to seriously examine opposing views and construct a logical argument based on evidence in their replies. They instead grab for any idea they think supports their opinion and blast back with a reply. Perhaps with embellishments like a string of explanation marks. In the Amazon forums I have taken to using the ignore button with bigots. I tell them I am voting them off the island. This infuriates them. If they respond with insults and name calling, I report them to Amazon and that's the end of them. Problem solved. It is one tool in our conversational intolerance bag.

By: James Tracy

James Tracy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:40:56 +0000

I have received no response and don't anticipate that I will.

By: Fr33think3r

Fr33think3r — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:08:05 +0000

She is afraid. She is afraid of what she might lose. She is afaid that she will lead children down a path from which they will not return. I hope she can keep up the dialog. I hope that you can keep up the conversation and change her with kindness.

By: Sven

Sven — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:34:37 +0000

When I encounter people like that I always ask them if the world is round or flat. And how seriously would they take a person who insisted the world was flat.
It's like that with creation, I than say.

By: James Tracy

James Tracy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:41:16 +0000

I like success stories :)

By: Mikel

Mikel — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:07:47 +0000

I was a homeschool kid who got fed lots of BS about evolution in my high school curriculum. My interest in evolution was sparked indirectly by my interest in Astronomy when I took the introductory course in college. We learned about cosmology and and the big bang, and it made a lot of sense actually! And I couldn't help but see that biological evolution fits hand-i-glove with this view, and special creationism does not. Then I checked out a book called "A River out of Even" by Richard Dawkins from the library (along with other books on evolution) and the rest is history :)

By: SeandBlogonaut

SeandBlogonaut — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:36:55 +0000

I feel sorry for her kids, for what they could have become – maybe their is hope.