Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: OT: If aliens exist and they don't accept Jesus Christ as their savior, will th

acrionx opened this issue on Oct 05, 2010 ยท 394 posts


lesbentley posted Sat, 09 October 2010 at 1:55 PM

Quote - It should be locked. I am getting angry over some of the posts and I do not want to resort to writing something I will regret. We all have a right to our own views.

Seems a bit of a strange and contradictory statement to me. You say we all have a right to our own views, which I agree with, but you also say the thread should be locked, which would prevent us from expressing those very views that we have a right to hold! So it's OK to have a view, but not to express it?

As long as we can continue in a civilised manner, without disrespecting or insulting each other there is no reason to lock the thread. Marley expressing a contrary view is neither disrespectful nor insulting, it's called "Free Speech". People who don't like the views expressed in this thread are free to go and find a thread where they do like the views that are expressed. I don't agree with all the views in this thread, but I want to know what others think. To suppress ideas and prevent free speech is a very bad thing. We learn by the clash of ideas, and our own views are either strengthened or changed to better views by participating in debate and listening to other views.

Seek the truth. If you think someone's view is wrong, say why! Don't insult the person. Educate them as to why you think they are wrong. They may think you have a point, they may think you use bad logic and only strengthen the contrary view, or they may just stick their head in the sand and ignore you. It does not matter, you will probably cause someone reading the thread to think, and thinking is a good thing.