After a rather engaging conversation with a religious zealot disguised as a fan of my site, I feel more and more aware that truth and reality is completely a part of an individual’s perception. I am also more aware that the concept of “universal truths” not being the same for anybody : and that the concept is difficult for some people to understand.
Especially somebody devoutly religious.
It’s not suprising, I suppose, for if my view were true to them, then the realities of their beliefs would seem almost void (though, the more I think about it, the more I can see how they could work together). Why is it so difficult for some to understand or at least accept that people don’t hold the same beliefs as them? Why is it so difficult for some to understand that because I view human perception as the basis of “truth”, I believe in everything yet nothing they say? — It is truth, yes, I don’t dispute it — but it’s truth for them, not for me. Why should I have to have the same truth as them to be considered “normal” ?
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And then it’s sad to see that people feel the need to insult my views though I don’t oppose theirs. What justifies somebody to tell me that my views are “stupid” or that I’m “fucked up” simply because I don’t share their beliefs? I didn’t dispute their views (it’s their truth, who am I to dispute it?) — Why can’t people share the same consideration for my views as I do for theirs? How do day find it justifiable to tell me that my views are false simply because my views are untrue to them? It bothers me greatly.
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Maybe I’m being too defensive, but I feel as if I was directly attacked (and wrongfully so). I need to refute. Sometimes I want to just cease talking to people that are this way (people that can’t accept that I think differently than them) becaues it annoys and saddens me so. Especially when I feel as if I’m being insulted for no reason. At the same time, if I did leave, I’d feel as if I’d be losing some kind of imaginary battle — as if I didn’t fully defend my views enough.
It’s one thing to tell me your views, I’ll respect them, but if my views are attacked then I will have to defend them.
It’s a double edged sword, it seems. Funny, some people think I’ve taken philosophy classes — I’ve even been asked if I was a philosophy major. I’ve done neither. This is just unstructured rambling of a person with thoughts that race far too quickly for the fingers to follow.
Funny. I guess they’re both going to hell, then.