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No one, just don't need to change it. It's hardly as if woman aren't smart enough to know that they can be fireman. Are you implying that these words have some sort of subliminal messages or something?
Are you close enough to speak openly with him ?
Could he tell you who he thinks is restricting his behaviour ? And why would that entity( whoever he believes it to be) do that to him ? Is the restriction threatening ?
That`s just a few for starters. Why not be a good friend(if you consider yourself to be one) and ask those questions.
I`m curious. What does it mean to you to be a good friend ?
Why do you consider asking questions arrogant ? That seems a strange thing to say. Where did you acquire the belief that questioning is arrogance ?
I think the key to respecting other people's beliefs is that you can understand how they came to that conclusion (and in this way, asking questions can only be a positive thing). I can respect people who have seen all of the available evidence for something, and have come to a conclusion about what they believe, even if it's something that I disagree with. And as for lifestyle choices, I can respect someone for choosing a lifestyle which I don't share, in order to have a positive effect on themselves and others, whether this is a religion, or something simple like choosing to eat healthily.
Yes, but I don't see him much now because of the 3 weeks.
Maybe. There is a Jewish FAQ site which does answer this question I think. I'll have a look at it later and post the answer.
This isn't something we normally talk about, tbh.
I`m With Stupid,
What are your thoughts on this statement ?
"The truly open mind will accept and answer any question"
Do you not think your friend could answer those questions for himself,without consultation ?
Political correctness, as far as I can see, isn’t synonymous with being respectful of other people. I appreciate it is often a loaded term used by the less than respectable newspapers, however, I do resent having my vocabulary so frequently officially revised as new things are discovered that people may take offence to. I know that calling the disabled lad next door a “spastic” is likely to cause offence, as I’m sure will calling him “differently-abled” or telling him he has “complex needs” in a few years time. I guess I resent the insinuation that I’m incapable of understanding how interacting with other people works and that somehow calling something by a different name will make one iota of difference to how people really think about things.
I also think you could put forward a reasonable argument that political correctness is a watered down newspeak.