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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 12:24:10 +0100
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- From: torkel@SICS.SE
- Subject: Re: Deep beliefs
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri,
- 25 Dec 92 18:25:13 -0800. <9212260227.AA27516@sics.se>
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- >If I thought that, which I certainly don't, then why would I have
- >used Hitler as an example of a person with contemptible, but deeply
- >held beliefs?
-
- Why indeed? Still, you did suggest that fanaticism is incompatible
- with depth of belief; hence my remarks. But even if you do wish to
- argue of Hitler and other people with deeply held beliefs that they
- cannot be fanatics, this is not a point of any consequence. To my
- mind, the interesting part of this exchange lies in your explanation of
- your outlook on deep beliefs, according to which Hitler's convictions
- reached to the most fundamentally human elements in him, and so on.
- With this point clarified, we may consider again your initial objection
- to the use of "Jesus" as an expletive. I would agree that on some occasions
- one should avoid this usage just to avoid offending people. But
- I rather suspect that many Christians would find your explanation of the
- sanctity of deep beliefs a great deal more offensive than the profanity.
-