I think a lot of times this is the case, especially on faceless discussion forums such as these.
I know i've been guilty of it. You formulate an opinion, and then you work tirelessly to get it articulate and understood.....but if it's confronted, it can be VERY difficult to stop, listen, and understand...think, reevaluate, and then respond. Here's a test: When reading someone's response to you that is in direct contradiction of what you have said, are you reading it to see if what he's saying might be accurate, or are you reading it and already thinking of reasons why he's wrong? If it's the latter, you are already working on your response. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Very true. look at these debates. Are we arguing in the hopes of > converting the other side, or are we arguing simply to affirm our own > beliefs. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:25 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > "People do not listen with the intent of understanding. They listen with > > the intent of responding." > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:16 AM, zaphod <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> > >> Sam, your debating skills are impeccable. Did you learn to constantly > >> cast insults at your opponent in high school debate team or is that > >> something self taught? > >> > >> > >> On Feb 12, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > You said: > >> > "The bible is not relevant to the workings of today society. Trying > >> > to apply lessons from it is usually fruitless, on top of the notion > >> > that you can find support for any position you want to defend in the > >> > bible." > >> > > >> > "As for Chinese proverbsÂ…probably not since there's not really a > >> > religion usually connected with them. I probably would have thought > >> > it was out of place though." > >> > > >> > > >> > I see that you are not just intolerant, you also have a severe case of > >> > tunnel vision. Sorry for trying to get you to look around. > >> > > >> > Keep on the straight and narrow. > >> > > >> > . > >> > > >> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:04 AM, zaphod <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Yes, I think I'll need to start signing my emails with: > >> >> > >> >> Zaphod the Intolerant -- As dubbed by Sam > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
