(January 9, 2013 at 5:16 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Mark, if you cant support a claim then -you- should find that troubling as well, it's not just an issue of others criticizing you, if you're here to challenge yourself you have you understand the gravity of the charge. Why do you think that it would be such a good thing if people didn;t challenge you, what would you be accomplishing (lay aside whether or not your claims convince someone...what would you be accomplishing even for yourself?) Keep in mind that you're not likely to make a claim that we haven't heard about a dozen times in the last two or three months.....
If I was to say that I can be arguementative i'm sure you would agree, when I was a teenager I was worse but you know the strange thing I learned about myself even if I was arguing and even if I Won or thought I won the arguement , when the arguement was over and I moved out of self defence mode I could often then re-look at some of what the other said and refine my views. I haven't changed that much and my views are constantly refined but that doesn't mean a U turn on fundamentals it just means better understanding of what part of what I believe is actually fundamental and what is not.
