tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post8156465267888803759..comments2023-08-23T08:45:53.071-06:00Comments on Paradoxy: ImpasseEugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-27282760246307449792008-09-27T19:48:00.000-06:002008-09-27T19:48:00.000-06:00All I know is that I've realized lately that I can...All I know is that I've realized lately that I can be just as mean and judgmental and scared as I ever was when I was a teenager in the Assemblies of God church. I feel like my ability to fight that sort of toxic fearfulness in others depends on my ability to fight it in myself.CrackerLilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18176388186521154104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-67269921718061333672008-09-27T08:56:00.000-06:002008-09-27T08:56:00.000-06:00Yes, it's funny, isn't it - dogmatic statements ai...Yes, it's funny, isn't it - dogmatic statements aimed at us cause us to dig in our heels, and then we turn around and launch equally dogmatic rhetoric at others. There's a debate exactly like that going on in the XGW comments section right now...Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-60260001718707229432008-09-27T07:56:00.000-06:002008-09-27T07:56:00.000-06:00People rise through the stages as a result of dis-...People rise through the stages as a result of dis-equilibrium in their lives. Something happens, or some new piece of knowledge comes to them that they can't "fit' into their current world-view. It throws them off. They may even feel they are "losing their faith." In fact, their conceptual structures are "opening up" to allow for change - to accommodate the new experience or idea. Argument or denunciation causes people to "harden up" within their current structures. That's why so many of our public debates are actually counter-productive. (E.g., the outspoken atheists keep the young-earth creationists alive, etc.)Craig L. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351091412370400350noreply@blogger.com