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cellophanedeity, I'm interested in your comment that "I am not saying that it is necissarily inappropriate for people to believe things solely upon scripture. I would not advocate it, but I'm not particularly against it." This seems to be inconsistent with the point which you made at the outset, that we might all get along better, if, as you put it, "people were to consider their beliefs beyond their books and were able to provide explainations beyond quotations and references".
I agree with tecoyah, and bet that you actually do as well. In essence, you have raised the delemma faced by all open minded souls, who can allow for the validity of the views of fundamentalists of all stripes, and in turn are rejected by them.
I personally would rather have your world, but unfortunately it's not the one I find myself in.
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