Curiosity wrote:
The Christian analogy surely falls down on the comparison of one thing (equality of human life) being objectively moral and the other (belief in a very specific supreme deity at the exclusion of all other possibilities) being extremely subjective.
Personally, reading the likes of Everyday Sexism, Criado-Perez and a raft of other writers has genuinely made a change in my understanding of society, and my thought processes. The current increased focus in society on the likes of sexism and racism is surely evidence of at least the start of a productive output of the sort of behaviour Myp exhibits?
I imagine your conflating things which I'm not meaning to - The christian thing is purely a "How do other people see and interact with you" rather than any comment about the end beliefs. The parallels are certainly striking to me. Although you also somewhat show something from purely your own stand point - that is to say that for many people, religion is a primary driver of what is 'objectively' moral and doesn't always agree with what you think is 'objectively' moral. So yeah, not objective at all. I do have a suspicion that western society, as is, is rather ill anyway, and only looking to get iller. (And no, not because of the subject at hand)
And, as it to be expected when talking about generalisations, there will be some exceptions to the rule - although I'd hazard a guess that before your new understanding, you didn't have an overly fixed understanding in the first place? I'd also hazard a guess that you're more likely to think things through than many others.
I'm still of the opinion that the best way to go about it is to lead by example, and offer more questions with ideas attached than outright answers. Personally, I also value a certain amount of intellectual honesty, which has certainly been lacking in some areas, but that's often secondary to other factors such as Charisma.
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And for what it's worth, I have no interest in the film. Partly because I don't think it's honest to change the character, partly as I have little to no interest in the Hollywood output as a whole (Guns, Gangsters and Zombies all the way), partly as I don't see any need to remake what was already good just for a more closeminded audience and partly because hollywood is even crapper at remaking foreign works than it is at making it's usual knock off fare)