if no one could be a political leader who believed in the absolute truth of their own religious or philosophical convictions?
2006-10-04 07:26:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't know if it would be better but it would certainly be different.
2006-10-04 07:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In fact, I think the world would be a better place if nobody at all believed in the absolute truth of their own convictions. The idea that you have to be radically loyal to some view, and cannot change it no matter what, is one of the most damaging views in a democratic society, in which free discussion (and by extension, an open mind) is crucial. We should all have beliefs, and base our actions on them, but we should never be so arrogant as to think that ours are somehow 'True'. They are just ours. Maybe they work, and in that case keep them. If you find out they don't then scrap them and pick something else.
2006-10-04 07:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by le_fou_mauvais 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. If they'd believe the truth of the convictions of the people instead of their own beliefs things would be much better.
2006-10-04 07:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Political leaders who follow Realpolitik don't always work out either...
2006-10-04 07:30:01 · answer #4 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that's kind of what was going on in Noah's days so what do you think?
2006-10-04 07:36:26 · answer #5 · answered by wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what do u mean???
2006-10-04 07:31:59 · answer #6 · answered by ATM 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋