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A comment on Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing human remains on the moon. Parent comment

Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by psychlops on Sunday January 07, 2024 @03:43PM (#38904958)
Why do you want to respect any wishes of people who believe in imaginary things? That seems odd. I'd suggest your save your respect for those who are rational.
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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by triyambakam on Sunday January 07, 2024 @04:07PM (#38905149)
Can you prove that you exist?
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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by ars on Sunday January 07, 2024 @03:58PM (#38905060)
And presumably you are going to be the arbiter of what is and isn't rational?
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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by ogab on Sunday January 07, 2024 @05:54PM (#38906082)
The moon is imaginary?
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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by pvaldes on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:39AM (#38909866)
>The moon is imaginary?

Only the cheese part; or all the religious interpretations about it (no exceptions).

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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by Avshalom on Sunday January 07, 2024 @06:28PM (#38906327)
Which bit of turning the moon into a cemetery strikes you as rational?
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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by Suzuran on Monday January 08, 2024 @08:30AM (#38911631)
I said basically this about bitcoin and someone tried to send a swat team to my old apartment.
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Re:Navajo Nation request to delay private mission placing hu... by itishappy on Monday January 08, 2024 @12:19PM (#38915121)
> Why do you want to respect any wishes of people who believe in imaginary things?

I respect human beings regardless of their beliefs. Having "right thought" be the basis upon which you dole out respect doesn't sound particularly rational to me.

I'd actually argue that refusing to respect people due to differing beliefs is the root cause of much of the suffering we so often attribute to "a belief in the imaginary."

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