Friendly hint: you just implied my life isn’t worth saving. I am not easily offended and I’m not hurt, so that’s just FYI.
If you see it that way, it sounds like you’re already very nearly convinced.
She could know that you see it that way without seeing it that way herself. If I knew someone who believed that I would definitely go to hell unless I converted to their religion, and they didn’t seem to care if I did that or not, I might characterize that as them not thinking my soul was worth saving.
Yeah, that’s true. But still, if “they don’t think my soul is worth saving” is more salient to you than, for instance, “I’m glad I won’t have to deal with their proselytizing,” it suggests that you take the idea of souls and hell at least a little bit seriously.
To give a more straightforward example, imagine a police officer asking someone someone whether they have any contraband. The person replies, “no, officer, I don’t have any weed in my pocket.” How would that affect your belief about what’s in their pocket?
She could know that you see it that way without seeing it that way herself. If I knew someone who believed that I would definitely go to hell unless I converted to their religion, and they didn’t seem to care if I did that or not, I might characterize that as them not thinking my soul was worth saving.
Yeah, that’s true. But still, if “they don’t think my soul is worth saving” is more salient to you than, for instance, “I’m glad I won’t have to deal with their proselytizing,” it suggests that you take the idea of souls and hell at least a little bit seriously.
To give a more straightforward example, imagine a police officer asking someone someone whether they have any contraband. The person replies, “no, officer, I don’t have any weed in my pocket.” How would that affect your belief about what’s in their pocket?