Reading over my last post, I realized I probably sound really preachy.
I didn't clarify that I too, believe tolerance is a good thing. But I
think what Richard is posing by calling it a heresy is that it allows
you to stop your process of inquiry. Tolerance is a good thing in that
it is the first step toward acceptance.
There are things I will never be tolerant of- murder, abuse of power,
basic sins like that.
But I will tolerate someone saying "hey- your mind is just a breeding
ground for these things called memes." And I will do this until I accept
memetics as a viable method of understanding/analysing my world.
-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We are all here on earth to help each other, but what the others are here for, God only knows."- W.H. Auden ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Pantheists http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/2446 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~