In the face of increasing evidence, reason and opposition, religionists nowadays often use that last ditch attempt to postpone a logical outcome: offence. Though infantile and irrelevant, it can often take centre stage in difficult dilemmas when it comes to discussing religion with friends and family for atheists. For those young ‘converts’ out there, I’m sure you’re aware of the difficulties of ‘coming out’. But even with friends who happen to be religious, a sudden confrontation can cause theory to crash headlong into practise.
The question I hope a young freethinker out there will answer is this: when discussing religion with friends and family, how far should you go to try and avoid causing offence? What about when talking to strangers about the subject? Typically this isn’t a problem on internet forums and blogs, but the non-virtual world is a different beast. I look forward to reading your fresh and original responses to this problem. Send them to youngfreethought@googlemail.com.
1 comments:
As long as it is just stating your opinion and not trying to disprove anything of others religions, then it is okay. There are a lot of people who get offended if you don't even believe in what they believe; so would that be a good enough reason to eliminate free speech? Not at all because people control themselves and that person should have the only say in what they do.
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