religious label
2006-07-14 05:05:01 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We could call everybody by their name.
2006-07-14 05:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by Schmorgen 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The trouble with labels is that what you mean by your own label can always be interpreted as something entirely different by someone else. If I say I'm an atheist, other people will substitute "evil baby-eating monster" in their minds (or some such thing). Also, a huge variety of people call themselves by the same label. If someone else calls themselves a Christian, I'm not to know whether they're a decent and reasonably rational person who approves of gay marriage and accepts evolution and a 4-billion-year-old Earth, or a deeply immoral and irrational "God Hates Fags" type who thinks our planet was created 6,000 years ago and the first people were Adam and Eve (for example). There's just too much variation for labels to ever be very reliable. That's why we should all (including myself) try not to generalise too much, and discuss ideas and beliefs rather than judging the people who hold them without fully understanding them.
2006-07-14 05:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing a better labeling system incapable of offending. Labeling systems stem from human need to identify someone impersonally - distancing themselves from that particular person or persons. Labeling systems started quite innocently (ie toddler, teenagers, ect.) but it has been carried too far. The need to categorize every little nuance has become quite preposterous and therefore more likely to offend.
2006-07-14 05:28:33 · answer #3 · answered by mzmscheeveeuhs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in labels. There are only 2 labels though.
Sheep
Not sheep.
2006-07-14 05:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one wants to be labeled Jim, I'm sure you wouldn't like it if someone who doesn't even know you labeled you.
2006-07-14 05:11:52 · answer #5 · answered by stpolycarp77 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nah, some people just don't want to be labeled. I don't care personally. A label doesn't change who or what I am to myself and those who love me. Don't sweat it bud.
2006-07-14 05:15:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do we label? It does not matter what you call someone or a group of people someone will be upset. Humans must gripe about something to stay happy.
2006-07-14 05:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't want to be labeled. I am too sporadic to be pinned down by a label.
2006-07-14 05:09:24 · answer #8 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol have an election. throw some names out there hav everyone go and vote for what they want to be called. upon voting they where a tag on their shirt and people can label them by the color they chose. lol sounds good to me
2006-07-14 05:09:58 · answer #9 · answered by wedjb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two kinds of people on this earth... those who attach labels to others, and those who don't.
2006-07-14 05:10:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Kroy labelling system would work the best.
http://www.electroniclabeling.com/index.html
2006-07-14 05:24:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋