On 11-9-2015 14:51, clipka wrote:
> Am 11.09.2015 um 14:21 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> On 11-9-2015 13:54, clipka wrote:
>>> Am 11.09.2015 um 13:34 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>>>> On 11-9-2015 12:52, clipka wrote:
>>>>> ...  he might just walk out tomorrow with a shotgun and go out hunting
>>>>> some fundamental Christians.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He is dead (15-12-2011)...
>>>
>>> Didn't know that.
>>>
>>> Now that certainly reduces the need for aversion against him.
>>>
>> Indeed. However, one still can have doubts/misgivings about the kind of
>> argumentation he - or others in his wake - followed.
>
> I think it's not so much the kind of argumentation he followed (in the
> sense of what points he made), but rather the vehemency with which he
> put them forward, combined with his (as it would seem to me) refusal to
> try to understand the other side.
>
> I think the latter is what really constitutes fundamentalism.
>
> I'd like to point out that understanding someone and agreeing with them
> are two entirely different things. The latter isn't necessary for a
> peaceful coexistence, but the former ultimately is.
>

It is what I meant to say but you formulated that better than I did :-) 
I fully agree.

-- 
Thomas

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