Depends on what we mean by “allow for” conflicting beliefs, and it depends on what’s at stake.
If we’re trying to have lunch, and I believe hamburger tastes better than sausage, and you believe sausage tastes better than hamburger, there’s no difficulty. You can order sausage, and I can order hamburger, and we’re good.
If we’re both trying to disarm a ticking bomb, and you believe cutting the red wire will disarm it and cutting the blue wire will set it off, and I believe cutting the red wire will set it off and the blue wire will disarm it, a different strategy is called for.
So one question becomes, what is disagreement about religious issues like? What does it mean to allow for different beliefs, and what’s at stake?
Depends on what we mean by “allow for” conflicting beliefs, and it depends on what’s at stake.
If we’re trying to have lunch, and I believe hamburger tastes better than sausage, and you believe sausage tastes better than hamburger, there’s no difficulty. You can order sausage, and I can order hamburger, and we’re good.
If we’re both trying to disarm a ticking bomb, and you believe cutting the red wire will disarm it and cutting the blue wire will set it off, and I believe cutting the red wire will set it off and the blue wire will disarm it, a different strategy is called for.
So one question becomes, what is disagreement about religious issues like? What does it mean to allow for different beliefs, and what’s at stake?