From: "Robert Comer" 

> I think it could be what the word "belief" means to us that
is different.
> I'd fight to death for my family, probably friends and their families as
> well. I'd also be willing to fight for many many other humans, but not
> really for beliefs. To me, what I believe in means not much.

It's possible that you are attaching far less to the meaning
"beliefs" than we do.  I don't see anything in your description
on how you live, and that's part of beliefs to me.

- Bob Comer



"Antti Kurenniemi"  wrote
in message news:41160762$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:41156155$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Dying for your beliefs makes you a dead believer - what good is that?
>>
>> The idea is to fight for one's beliefs at all costs -- it's a slightly
>> different concept.
>>
>> But anyway, what good is living if you have to give up all that's
>> important  to you?
>
> Ah, but there lies the important part: to me, my beliefs are not all that
> is
> important. Maybe it's the definition of "beliefs" that I
have got wrong?
>
>
>> It looks like we have a real and tangible difference in attitude between
>> the U.S. and Europe -- we're (the U.S.) are far more like the Arabs
>> than we are you.  (Not saying that's bad btw, just very curious, since
>> a good portion in the U.S. are of European stock.)
>
> I think it could be what the word "belief" means to us that
is different.
> I'd fight to death for my family, probably friends and their families as
> well. I'd also be willing to fight for many many other humans, but not
> really for beliefs. To me, what I believe in means not much.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
>

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