What Dr. Bart D. Ehrman says here is why I read what I criticize. I study Mormonism, for example, very deep before I allow myself to criticize it like I do. I do the same for the Bible (much thanks to Dr. Ehrman and his knowledge for allowing me to do that). I read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand also while despising her philosophy. In the end, you need to know what you criticize "First, my agnostic/atheist friends. I think it is very strange indeed to think that one should not become intimately familiar with what one opposes. If I’m a capitalist who thinks socialism or communism is heinous, I really should know a lot about them before attacking them. I know lots of people who attack Marx – and in another realm of discourse, who attack Freud – without knowing the first thing about him. On one hand, I don’t see the point of that; on the other hand, I think it just makes a person look like an idiot."
Posted on: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 01:00:11 +0000
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