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Re: John Kerry: Good, bad, or both?

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Originally Posted by Max Lobovsky
pi guy did not actually say anything about you, Bill. He didn't even make a claim about all presidents. He simply said that he believed that in general religiousness implies compassion, thoughtfulness, etc. I doubt you are denying him the right to make generalizations based on experience.
While he did not mention me by name, it was quite plainly stated in that post that he believed that being religious made you a better person than someone who wasn’t religious. I made it pretty clear that that is what I took offense at. I used us as examples to add a more human element to his statements. You’re clarifying his statement in a way that he may not actually believe while both straw-manning and choosing red herrings from mine. If his “generalization based on experience” is that religious people are better than nonreligious people, then I take issue with it, but wouldn’t censor his opinion. I’m not doing so. If you want to take a side, then feel free.