WRONG VERSUS SILLY | 2006-07-15
As a Bible Belter I lived among people who BELIEVED. Many of them believed, as CS Lewis did, that this world is an illusion of final reality. Someday, they say, this illusion will evaporate and God will come with the Judgement. I DISAGREE with them. But if their concept of reality is true, then mine is untrue.
Period.
Then there are people who claim to philosophize about the real world that I live in. They claim to be reasonable people. They claim that, in this world, socialism works and if professors ruled the world all things would be as they should be. It is very hard for me to make it clear that, at the gut level, I can respect those who BELIEVE but I can only regard this lattter group, the group that calls itself "materialistic," to be beneath contempt.
I may think that those who BELIEVE are probably delusional. But there is always the chance that he can be right and I am in for a shock.
But there is no room for someone who thinks that water runs uphill or socialism or diversity works.
Those who say they are materialists and wish away reality are beneath contempt. They are silly. Delusional is far, far more to be respected than absurdity. I have much to talk about with a person whom I think is wrong. But there is no room in rational discussion for someone who is just plain silly.