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Originally Posted by iwonderwhy2124
Your examples are fallacious. We are not talking about minor differences between the religions that are merely aesthetic, cultural or based upon individual experience. We are talking about major differences.
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So was I, perhaps I was unclear. I'll do this again.
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You have to deal with competing theories and claims in many societal aspects. The existence of competing claims doesn't tell us that they are all right or all wrong. For example.
There are various competing ideas on how to unify Quantum Physics with Relativity. We don't know which one is right yet and maybe the truth is a synthesis of several theories. However some theories are likely to be closer to reality than others and there's bound to be some that are so fringe they can't possibly be right.
Or let's say the President makes a speech. The different pundits focus on different things and interpret "what he meant" in various, even contradictory, ways. This is more similar to the denominational squabbles within a religious movement. (As within Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc)
The need to be "fair about ideas", and to say all claims/beliefs are equal, might lead to the idea that they are all right or all wrong. Or that the truth is a mix of them.
The mixed theory is a different matter, but I don't see any need to say "all claims are equal." It seems obvious to me not all claims are equal. A stand-up comic with little formal education claiming he's discovered cheap nuclear fusion is not equal to an observatory claiming to discover a new star. A lone individual claiming to see a UFO is not equal to thousands of people claiming to witness a miracle.
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If this is still unclear for you I'm sorry.
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