Philosophies of Handling Differences

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I was thinking a lot last night (one of my favorite pastimes!), and as I was considering how to handle the disagreements between JD and me that are starting to monopolize the creationism/evolution thread (and thus ruin a really interesting thread and one I enjoy being on), I got the idea of how to kill two birds with one stone - I thought I would move the disagreement section onto a new thread (thus freeing up the thread to be on-topic again), and in this new thread, deal with the disagreements as well as discuss people's handling of differences/arguments, as well as the underlying philosophies of why people handle things the way they do.

Unfortunately, one of the "laws" of the universe, besides taxation , is that people will disagree. I think a discussion about how we DO handle disagreements, how we OUGHT to handle disagreements, how we WISH we could handle disagreements, etc. might be really interesting and informative, and hopefully we would all get better in this important area of life. I know that over the years, I've learned a lot, mostly thru painful errors on my part! and I think I'm better at it now than I was years ago, but I know I still have a long way to go, and I'm very open to suggestions and ideas from other people.

As in any of the threads that I start, I ask that ALL posts are considerate to the other posters here at Entmoot. This thread could blow up if people lose their tempers, but OTOH, it could be really, really interesting and informative. I would like to request that everyone read their post thru before hitting the post button, just to double-check that things are clear and are non-attacking. There CAN be disagreements without unpleasantness! I know, for I am good friends with people that I have massive disagreements with, and we treat each other with respect.

To start off, the reason why I have even been answering JD's posts is because his posts state false things about how I think (I can read my mind, and he can't, obviously!) and this reflects on my character, and my character is very important to me. So altho I don't want to clutter up the creationism/evolutionism thread with the disagreement, I do wish to address the disagreement, because I feel that false accusations have been brought against me, and obviously I wish to clear them up, as anyone else would in my place.

So JD, if you want to, you can copy your last post over here, and I"ll also link to it, and I will pick up the discussion from there. You don't have to participate if you don't want to, but you're welcome to if you want to

I repeat that ALL participants in this thread are asked to be polite and considerate. Humor is great, too, as long as it's not depracating humor. Stories of how people handled conflicts in the past, questions about current conflicts, etc. are all welcome.

Let's give it a go!