This article reminded me of one of my favorite movie quotes, not just in "Jackie Brown" but in all of cinema:
"You can't trust Melanie. But, you can always trust Melanie to be Melanie."
Unlike the Enemy, we tend to perceive humans as unique individuals. This view of our individual nature extends naturally to trust, in that we trust different individuals for different reasons. If there is a core or baseline for building it, it’s probably located in something like "consistency."
For example: I may disagree with you across a variety of important subjects, but also notice that you seem to agree with yourself in enough instances that I can reasonably predict you won't suddenly betray yourself or me. It's not a perfect system of trustbuilding, but it's a start.
My bare minimum is something like “do you conduct yourself honorably”. It’s uncomplicated to sane people and unfathomable to the deranged. I don’t need you to have any particular faith (though having one seems to help). Don’t need you to have any particular worldview, as long as it’s not aligned with declared enemies. Just need you to not be duplicitous, deluded, or craven.
“we are right to hate them, their own hypocrisy and delusion will see them punished far worse in the long run than if we were to seek such an outcome deliberately. “
This article reminded me of one of my favorite movie quotes, not just in "Jackie Brown" but in all of cinema:
"You can't trust Melanie. But, you can always trust Melanie to be Melanie."
Unlike the Enemy, we tend to perceive humans as unique individuals. This view of our individual nature extends naturally to trust, in that we trust different individuals for different reasons. If there is a core or baseline for building it, it’s probably located in something like "consistency."
For example: I may disagree with you across a variety of important subjects, but also notice that you seem to agree with yourself in enough instances that I can reasonably predict you won't suddenly betray yourself or me. It's not a perfect system of trustbuilding, but it's a start.
My bare minimum is something like “do you conduct yourself honorably”. It’s uncomplicated to sane people and unfathomable to the deranged. I don’t need you to have any particular faith (though having one seems to help). Don’t need you to have any particular worldview, as long as it’s not aligned with declared enemies. Just need you to not be duplicitous, deluded, or craven.
“we are right to hate them, their own hypocrisy and delusion will see them punished far worse in the long run than if we were to seek such an outcome deliberately. “
Too bad we’ll be dead first.
In Islam, Shirk is mortal sin.