(August 27, 2015 at 2:23 pm)Tartarus Sauce Wrote: FYI, assuming you can't be wrong is a terrible mindset for anything, even if you can't think of how you could be. That's the type of thinking that so often leads to people committing terrible acts, acts they've rationalized through their certainty. It's a stepping stone into intellectual dishonesty at best and sociopathic territory at worst, why bother with self-reflection if you know you're right?
That's fair. But it's not that I don't think I can be wrong in general, lol, I've been wrong about many things, and I'm sure I'll continue to make mistakes.
It's just that I don't think I'm wrong about my Christian beliefs, and so as it stands, it wouldn't make much sense to proclaim my 100% confidence in my belief and then say... but I might be wrong. Lol, obviously I don't think I'm wrong.
Though of course, when my kids are old enough they will come to a point where they will have to do their own soul searching and see if they really believe what their parents believe, and why. And I should stand by and continue to accept them and respect their right to believe as they will, whether that be the same or completely different from me.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
