Personally I think "agreeing to disagree" is the plague of modern peoples.
This is valuing agreement over truth - conformity and placidity over experiencing the ideas that others have to share.
Arguments should be enjoyed and "opponents" should be honored for the service they are providing by contradicting you. Instead of hiding from the argument or begging the participants to stop arguing, one should cultivate the ability to love the people you argue with, to love despite active disagreement, and to appreciate someone's contradictory opinion and yet still respect them enough to present your own contradictory opinion.
Self-effacement is failing to honor your own value and is a denial of the One Infinite Creator.
I always find it incredibly ironic how people will go to an internet forum, a place where the entire purpose of existence is discussion of diverging opinions, and ask people to stop discussing the diverging opinions. I sense zero hostility from any of the participants in this thread, so why are so many mods stepping in?
A healthy forum is a lively forum.
Don't be so squeemish! This is a very polite discussion. Disagreement is not inferior to consensus.
This is valuing agreement over truth - conformity and placidity over experiencing the ideas that others have to share.
Arguments should be enjoyed and "opponents" should be honored for the service they are providing by contradicting you. Instead of hiding from the argument or begging the participants to stop arguing, one should cultivate the ability to love the people you argue with, to love despite active disagreement, and to appreciate someone's contradictory opinion and yet still respect them enough to present your own contradictory opinion.
Self-effacement is failing to honor your own value and is a denial of the One Infinite Creator.
I always find it incredibly ironic how people will go to an internet forum, a place where the entire purpose of existence is discussion of diverging opinions, and ask people to stop discussing the diverging opinions. I sense zero hostility from any of the participants in this thread, so why are so many mods stepping in?
A healthy forum is a lively forum.
Don't be so squeemish! This is a very polite discussion. Disagreement is not inferior to consensus.