...learning lessons of being on faithspace

[ecuworrier]

... well could be any forum really... they are all different and have different codes of discipline ettiquette different folks 'in charge or 'not in charge' and a variety of folks having something to say about stuff...

well i guess i have something out of being on faithspace or other fora... cos here i am ....   


likes and dislikes ..... tips for survival (for sanity's sake!)what i like is having a written avenue to verballly spout forth... to think to reflect and all that stuff that goes on as one searches for how  to survive(for sanity's sake) in life while having those little outside exchanges or conversations... where one says stuff that sometimes reflects exactly what one says in context or sometimes what one bites one's tongue hard or sometimes struggles to find the words to say...

 i like a variety of views  cos i expect everyone to have a different response to each situation and that makes it cool to be reminded that thinking is pretty different ...   i think it's healthy to express self... it is healthy also to grow and develop..... 

 i like different perspectives ....


well that's where i am starting this predictably about to run out of time


but what if any lessons does one learn?

GOD BLESS!

Peace and Love,

[AndrewF]

One rapidly learns that, if certain people get locked in a conversation it will almost inevitably go the same old way, that some people are prone to type in better English than some others, that certain people are so fixed in their views that noting you can do or say will make them think one iota differently while others are prepared to have a good debate and are open to persuasion, that some people are on the same wavelength as you while others aren't... - but I suspect that was not really what you were asking about.  :-)

I think the answer to your question is that it depends how open your mind is. If it is open you can learn why other peeps think the way they do - possibly see a logic in their way of thinking (albeit you might think the logic is flawed or that the basic premise behind the logic is), and therefore have a better understanding of the opposing POV.
By arguing your case you might also learn to understand more fully your own POV as well!

[ecuworrier]

... and on occasion change your mind?  or your mo

GOD BLESS!

Peace and Love,

[JJ]

"By arguing your case you might also learn to understand more fully your own POV as well!"


I like that! 

[ecuworrier]

it's true though... provided we are honest in our handling

in the past i have had the humbling experience in spoken word of strongly arguing a case and being thoroughly convinced and then afterwards really reflecting and next time conversation comes up strongly arguing an opposing view... until one day i have a different view altogether one that is more complex ... sometimes  we maintain positions for reasons other than are arguable within the scope of a topic or argument


GOD BLESS!

Peace and Love,

[Boudi]

My greatest lesson has come from having the opportunity to meet the real people behind the profile...and find that they are wonderful people...some of whom are not here any more...Allie and Roger being big hearts from the past.  People that I may disagree with on the boards are absolute darlings in real life (on the whole).

I agree that the whole point of discussion boards is sometimes to confirm what you think yourself...or it's to understand the other persons viewpoint, or it's to adapt your own through greater undertsanding.

[JJ]

My greatest lesson has come from having the opportunity to meet the real people behind the profile...and find that they are wonderful people...some of whom are not here any more...Allie and Roger being big hearts from the past.  People that I may disagree with on the boards are absolute darlings in real life (on the whole).

I agree that the whole point of discussion boards is sometimes to confirm what you think yourself...or it's to understand the other persons viewpoint, or it's to adapt your own through greater undertsanding.

Hoping that the obverse is not true for you Boudi - having agreed with you on most things here that you didn't think me not much of a darling in real life.

[Boudi]

Never been a second that you've let me down...or failed to inspire!!!!!!!  If you post something I don't agree with I usually have to look at what's wrong with my thinking!!!!!!

[JJ]

He he he he, my head is swelling to pumpkin proportions! 

[JJ]

BTW I have quite a few Unitarian friends now and go with them to various events like croquet on the promenade, a visit to a long barrow on Anglesey and such.  Haven't been to a service/meeting though, done that with my Christian friends for many many years and not going anywhere formally at the moment - sort of taking stock and reading Karen Armstrong and so on.

[AndyHB]

... sort of taking stock and reading Karen Armstrong and so on.

Have just bought Maurice Casey's 'Jesus of Nazareth: an independent historian's account of his life and teaching' (kindle version).  This seems to be a set-text for today's Religious Studies degree courses.

[JJ]

Ah, haven't seen that.  What interests me are the reasons for religious habit and thought and the development of the brain over time from early hominids to the more complex thoughts of modern humans and the balancing of the tensions that arise from that complexity.

[Martin]

I wonder what he means by 'Independent Historian'.  Are there historians who would describe themselves as 'dependent'?

[Boudi]

Dependent, biased and wrong historians are terms used by historians to describe 'other' so called 'historians'