This is much like gay marriage. Even if I "don't believe" in it, it is still a legal reality and folks that participate in such a marriage do not hurt me by doing so.
So, is this a legal reality? Yes, you can even get driver licenses in most state that list your gender as "X"...
Does it hurt me if they do this? No. Even if I think they are delusional, it doesn't hurt me to let them do as they want.
Do I think we should curb folks' freedoms because you don't believe in something? No. I don't care if you believe in something different, you get to act accordingly. That's what freedom is all about.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- -- Aristotle
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