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> On Tue, 29 Oct 1996 jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com wrote:
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> > Richard Brodie wrote:
> >
> > > Drakir wrote:
> > >
> > > >On the other hand, religions often restrict people in their actions,
> > > >thus
> > > >curtailing their enjoyment of life. I am an athiest because I beleive
> > > >in
> > > >maximum freedom for everyone - religion goes against this belief, and
> > > >so
> > > >I must oppose it!
> > >
> > > I doubt you'd find much agreement from anyone religious that their
> > > religion curtails their enjoyment of life. This is your simple
> > > prejudice, and an inaccurate one.
> >
> > I don't think that you can brand someone's personal opinion as "prejudice".
>
> ???
>
> As far as I know, "prejudice" is a specialization of "personal opinion".
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You have taken me very slightly out of context here. I personally believe that
Shreddies are nicer than Corn Flakes, but this does not make me prejudiced
against Corn Flake eaters, does it? A "prejudice" is a "personal opinion"
taken to the point where anyone who disagrees with it becomes hated! As
I have stated on many occasions, a large proportion of my friends are
religious in some way or another. I don't hate any of them! I may well
not like their religion, but that's an entirely different matter.
Towards the accumilation of hate mail...
Drakir
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