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I don't know that he doesn't have some reason to watch it. I can say that I don't agree with much of Christian messages, but I can get something out of them, if only that they provide food for thought.
Maybe I'm mulling over my interpretation of the materials, that they are presenting in a different way. Maybe I'm interested in trying to understand how they reached the conclusions they did. Maybe I find a common ground, and realize that we're saying the same things, with different terminology.
Maybe, in the case of a guy who is always talking about the seperation of Church and State, he might have some reason to study the philosophy of the people who will be passing the laws that will get crammed down his throat. That's a likely perspective.
At any rate, I think a wholesale avoidance of things that we disagree with is a horrible policy. So, in that sense, he should be watching the preacher that annoys him. Nobody gets anywhere by staying in their comfort zone, only subjecting themselves to things that they already agree with.
On the other hand, watching a bad example of something you say you disagree with, just to reinforce your objections, isn't exactly productive either.
However you slice it, it isn't a simple question at all. Let me rephrase that: it doesn't have a simple answer.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
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