Posts Tagged right

I have lots of things that flow through my head but when I try to write them down, they sound fake and preachy and forced.

I took the kids to our *new* church. Not sure we’re going to go there often but whatever. Spoke to the Rev for a bit.

There is just something in me that can’t stand religious relativism. I understand fighting for the right for freedom of belief, but I don’t understand someone who actually believes that everyone is right. Not just the right to believe, but the actual beliefs are all right. That’s like being asked by your prom date if you think she’s pretty and you look at her, with conviction in your eyes and wave your hand at the whole room and say, “You’re all pretty”. Doesn’t wash.

You have to believe something to be true. And in doing so believe something else to be not true. That kind of conviction is important for survival. It doesn’t mean you know you are right, it just means you believe something to be true. I don’t see those as conflicting positions. One persom believing in one and only one god means that person doesn’t believe in many gods. It doesn’t mean that person goes to war against the many gods dude. The communal right to believe is intrinsic to humanity, but so is the personal conviction to truth.