Gadianton wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 9:39 pm
MG wrote:Gadianton marks me as as being solipsistic.
No, I marked you as a 6-day creation fundamentalist who operates in a black and white world, believing that you have the absolute 100% truth, playing the solipsism card only when specific topics come up that you don't have good answers for. You are not a solipsist, you are a literalist if there ever was one. You only play the solipsist on the DM discussion board.
If you believe that everyone lives their own independent reality and can't get past their on minds, do you agree that people who you see as men, but who consider themselves to be women, have every bit as much reason to believe they are women as you believe they are men? And you agree that it's impossible to say one way or another whether they are a man or a women?
Caricature building is not character building on your part Gadianton.
I am not a six day creationist.
I do not believe that I operate in a black and white world.
I do not believe that the LDS Church has a corner on the market when it comes to truth. That is, as you say, in an absolutist sense. I do think it has its mission to perform, yes.
Admittedly, I do not have all the answers. No one does inside this closed system I referred to earlier.
I stand by what I said in regards to solipsism and the fact that what lies beyond our minds is always open to question.
I cannot get inside the minds of those that have a worldview that may not completely dovetail with mine. I do believe that the safety, mutual understanding and well being of all individuals is paramount in any situation where there is a conflict in standards or beliefs.
Gadianton, I accept the fact that you are not able…apparently…to clearly see me for who I am and that on a discussion board such as this that you believe that you have a certain role to play. I can live with that.
Not sure if you’re actually reading my posts. You come up with some pretty off the wall stuff.
No offense intended or desire to make you feel uncomfortable with that last comment. Just to hopefully spur you to a bit of genuflection as you make comments that aren’t based wholly in truth.
Regards,
MG