Two people can have opposite opinions and conflicting viewpoints, yet both can be right.
Bitterness occurs when people respond reactively to one another, with intolerance to the others view.
What good is being right if suffering and pain are at cost? What’s so terrible about being wrong if personal peace and joy are the reward?
When we treat others viewpoints with dignity with respect—especially when we DON’T want too---we discover a character within that’s able to see all sides of the problem.
Instead of trying to be right all the time, recognize it’s easier to have “unity.” What others believe and their personal opinions matter, whether you agree or not.
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I don't think she is trying to say we must accept others opinions that we don't agree with, to be true or factual, just accept them without being hateful. Opinions are just that, never to be confused with fact. If opinions were in fact, fact, then they would no longer be opinions.
April 2, 2009 at 5:01 p.m.Don't take this the wrong way; I’m a firm believer in peace, dignity, and respect.
None are capable of absolving themselves of ignorance, but we still need to determine right and wrong.
Intolerance to wrongness is not the problem, but a lack of sincerity for the truth.
Open analysis should be required, whether something is determined to be wrong or right. Judgment should be reserved to the individual, if consequences are limited to them. Bottom line, all are entitled to their opinion unless their consequences affect others.
This is why we elect new government representatives every so many years. You should not be tolerant of what is wrong, but evaluate its composition to understand how someone might develop that understanding. We should pursue truth in all knowledge and understanding, regardless of what’s determined.
“We learn more from errors in judgment than correct assessments” – john
An example is “who do you date?”
Some men and women are intolerant able, like me.
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April 2, 2009 at 12:56 p.m.