Any atheist here, and equally irrational? That’s a bet I’d take.
It’s one thing to disagree with a person on a number of points, and another thing to be unable to respect their epistemology. On difficult matters, where it’s hard to locate an error, you can consider another person’s reasoning sound to respectable standards without agreeing with their conclusions (we’re only human after all,) and on matters of opinion, disagreement does not necessarily imply conflict of epistemology. Religion falls into neither category.
I used to be open to relationships with religious individuals, but eventually I came to the realization that I had been putting more effort into convincing myself that I was tolerant than being realistic about my preferences. I couldn’t be happy with such a relationship beyond the extremely short term.
Any atheist here, and equally irrational? That’s a bet I’d take.
It’s one thing to disagree with a person on a number of points, and another thing to be unable to respect their epistemology. On difficult matters, where it’s hard to locate an error, you can consider another person’s reasoning sound to respectable standards without agreeing with their conclusions (we’re only human after all,) and on matters of opinion, disagreement does not necessarily imply conflict of epistemology. Religion falls into neither category.
I used to be open to relationships with religious individuals, but eventually I came to the realization that I had been putting more effort into convincing myself that I was tolerant than being realistic about my preferences. I couldn’t be happy with such a relationship beyond the extremely short term.