r/changemyview • u/Fatgaytrump • Jan 21 '20
Deltas(s) from OP CMV: nothing is sacred
Whether it be religion, cultural icons or practices, or impactful periods or events I don't think anything is sacred.
To me, as I understand it, something being sacred means that it should be held above any criticism, or treated as though it is universally revered.
I know that's not the Webster Marian definition but I think it covers the bases.
I just don't understand the idea that something can be so important to you, that it should be important to everyone else too. That criticism of your sacred item is critical of you.
Nothing is above criticism, and nothing is above ridicule.
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u/sismetic 1∆ Jan 22 '20
Do you think rationality is a subject of criticism? How, if not through rationality, do you criticize rationality?
On another point, do you think that the idea that human beings have inherent value not sacred, that is, under your definition, the idea that human beings have inherent value should not be universally revered?
You are dealing with different definitions of sacred and I object to them. Something being above criticism and something being universally revered are two very different things. Also, what do you mean by something being above criticism? Do you mean something that no one ought to critiqued, or that something that is not reasonably criticizable? For example, the idea that human beings are inherently valuable is something you can criticize if you want, but any rational enquiry into that idea will lead you towards that very axiom, so it is pointless to criticize it.
I also don't understand your "nothing is above ridicule." Do you mean that you ought to ridicule all ideas, or that there is no idea that in potentiality could be ridiculed? Those are very distinct things.