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A different approach to talking with people who have religious beliefs. (open.substack.com)
submitted 9 months ago by cmoney@lemmy.world to c/atheism@lemmy.world
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In this episode, I speak with Anthony Magnabosco a founder and the current Executive Director of the nonprofit Street Epistemology International, an educational organization that is committed to addressing dysfunction in public and private discourse by encouraging rationality through civil conversation. Anthony has been involved with Street Epistemology since 2013, and has given dozens of talks and workshops at conferences and events domestically and internationally. Many of his conversations have been uploaded to YouTube and demonstrate how Street Epistemology can be applied to a variety of claims including ones that are spiritual, political, or societal.

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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

How about you don't become the very people you hate and just leave everyone alone. As long as they don't try to debate you or convert you, let people be.

[-] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

They’re always trying to convert you

“Planting seeds” and all that

Stop pretending people who still believe in Santa clause have or even follow any sort of moral high ground

[-] cmoney@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I haven't said or claimed to hate anyone. As for leaving people alone, I enjoy talking to people and learning about their beliefs, street epistemology isn't debating, it's a tool for having conversations where both people get to explore their reasons for holding a belief, you only focus on the reasons why and not the actual belief itself, the goal isn't to necessarily change someones mind but for them to consider why they believe something, the talks should always be civil and friendly. There are lots of good examples on YouTube of street epistemology, people typically enjoy the conversations and some will come back after they have had time to reflect to continue the conversation.

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