“I would say there is more merit in that than being intentionally wrong. But most people think they are right, so what is so special about that?”
Nothing... nothing at all. In fact, it’s as common as the day is long.
“and yet you offer that it is OK to publicly demean their practice, because it is wrong, and I agree!”
I said just the opposite. You need to re-read my remarks to you.
“Standing up for what is right, against a society that tells me evil behavior is OK”
So you know what’s right, but I can’t possibly know that... correct?
“to tell other people what consists right and wrong, from your own mind, without reference to any higher power”
What higher power did you reference? And don’t say God or even Jesus, because you did neither.
“You have invented a set of rules and beliefs from your own mind.”
No I haven’t. I’ve adopted a set of personal rules for behavior from a great number of sources. The standards by which I live my life are derived from various experiences, people and literary volumes, not the least of which is the Bible itself - both old and new testaments.
I’ve invented nothing.
I looked up the definition of deism in the dictionary - what a surprise! Could the “dark prince” be attempting to fill the void with politically correct and morally relativistic gibberish? Just asking...
JC