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Do you think there are any beliefs which makes a person believing them a horrible person, or is it always 'hate the belief, not the person'? (lemm.ee)

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[–] JackDark@lemmy.world 57 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Belief is a choice, not fact. It's fair to hate a person for choosing bigotry.

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I don't agree that belief is always a choice, in many cases people simply cannot conceive of an alternate position being the case, in my case I have no choice but to be an atheist because I can't believe in a god, I find it far too silly a notion.

bigoted beliefs are of course bad, but I don't think people choose them necessarily

[–] johker216@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But you are making a choice: you're choosing to only let observable facts influence your beliefs. Everyone is an atheist by default, and most of them are then told to believe what they're told from birth, but at some point people make a conscious choice on how information is prioritized. Humans aren't read-only and I would say it's a safe bet that most people have the opportunity to influence their own beliefs and act accordingly. Obviously if someone is abused and doesn't develop mentally, then yeah, don't hate the person but don't necessarily give up on helping that person develop, either

[–] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 7 points 2 months ago

Everyone thinks they only let observable facts influence their beliefs

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