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Things I need to remember:
• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
• Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim.
• Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time.
• I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be.
• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.
Historians are the Cassandras of the Humanities
Bill, I love ya, but...
Date: May 16th, 2009 09:22 pm (UTC)Even without religion, we still have the kooks and the extremists. Without religion we still have UFO abductees and we still have genocidal leaders like Stalin.
The problem isn't religion, because religion (along with philosophy) is a tool that humans use to make meaning in their lives. It is a resource of symbols that help orient the psyche. What individuals and societies do with those symbols is the issue.
And I believe we need to respect people's rights in determining their own belief system and world view. Snce there are so many cultures in our world, we actually need more tolerance and patience. That doesn't mean we accept their beliefs as valid for ourselves; it simply means we respect them as people with different world views and beliefs.
I believe its OK to challenge other's beliefs respectfully; and I hope that's what Maher is calling for, rather than intolerance and bigotry-- which is the real problem, isn't it?
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