Whether it's political speeches, inspirational books, end-time theology, conspiracy theory, or climate change...
I feel like I've heard it all. Everyone thinks they're right, and everyone thinks they can back it up.
And, frankly, I've shut down somewhat. I'm not likely to enter a debate because
1. I'm not an expert on very much.
2. I'm not very good at oral communication.
3. I'm very unlikely to change my mind.
I realize that that would be very unfair...I'm sorry.
And, as I listen/read...I try to sort out the truth What is "the way it is?"
Emotion...mostly doesn't effect me. I'm the cold heartless one trying to figure out what would happen if one exception
became the rule. I understand that it matters...but I'm also trying to look past the emotion. (<sarcasm>Yeah, really helps when I'm discussing things with my wife. </sarcasm>)
Eloquence...just because you are good at defending it...just because you sound like you're Moses coming off the mountain...that in-and-of-itself doesn't make your bill-of-goods the Ten Commandments. What if it was someone else making the same case? Would I believe you then?
Am I perfectly filtering the truth? Not even close.
Am I tossing out the baby with the bathwater? Maybe.
But...like a Roman governor once asked..."quid est veritas?"
(And, by the way
* No you can't
* Just because it's a best-seller does not mean that God's like that
* God wins. Devil goes to hell.
* Oswald acted alone
* Is minimal effect worth large-scale economic change?)
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Yea, sometimes its not even worth the debate if nothing at all will come of it.