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0 pointslabrador3y ago0 comments

Of course they should. I just like them to be up front about them if they are far enough outside the mainstream that they might be somewhat surprising and we should consider how those beliefs inform the opinions they put forth. Peter Thiel is open about his and I respect him more for that. I worry about hidden agendas.

https://www.google.com/search?q=peter+thiel+religious+belief...

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famouswaffles3y ago· 2 in thread

What an absurd paragraph i've just read lol. Many, Many things influence a person's opinions, religious or not. Why don't you tell me all about your life so i don't know you have some hidden agenda ?

Like lol what exactly are you expecting here ? Why should that be some special announcement call you have to make with every article instead of the myriad of things that may influence a person's opinions ?

If you don't like listening to the opinion of religious people then say that and get this over with. and nobody is imposing anything on you here.

labradorOP3y ago

I'm a person of little or no influence an no pretense to such. Here in America, it would have been nice if the last 3 Supreme Court justices had been honest about their agenda to overturn Roe v Wade because of their religious beliefs. Maybe you're a nihilist and think that someone with many followers can say whatever they want with no responsibility to others. You'd have a lot of company.

famouswaffles3y ago

You're not getting my point. This fear of a "hidden agenda" is ridiculous. Did you want roe v wade to be overturned ? Did you agree with any of the arguments supporting it that came forth ? I'm guessing no

Evaluate what people are saying on what they are saying. If someone being religious (or insert anything here because lots of things influence opinions) would change your stance completely on something you already agree on then well there's a word for that and i think you can figure it out.

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