Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but I consider whether something is TRUE to be a lot more important than whether someone can badword it or shoot the messenger.
Thank you for this extended answer, David! When I asked the question, I was hoping for a reply but this was so much more. I read it closely and I will read it again, however I try to take something away from your essays to help me resolve some of the contradictions I face in my own thoughts (I call myself a reluctant misanthrope if that helps). Tonight I turn out my bedside lamp with this, “but even Islam contains multitudes, so any analysis of it requires at least some nuance and careful unbraiding of its many threads.” I will not forget that and hopefully I will apply it appropriately.
Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but I consider whether something is TRUE to be a lot more important than whether someone can badword it or shoot the messenger.
Thank you for this extended answer, David! When I asked the question, I was hoping for a reply but this was so much more. I read it closely and I will read it again, however I try to take something away from your essays to help me resolve some of the contradictions I face in my own thoughts (I call myself a reluctant misanthrope if that helps). Tonight I turn out my bedside lamp with this, “but even Islam contains multitudes, so any analysis of it requires at least some nuance and careful unbraiding of its many threads.” I will not forget that and hopefully I will apply it appropriately.