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We don't need the Christian story to see the selfishness of man and those who continually seek gain at the expense of others, be it theft or adultery up to the systems of nations and financial institutions.
A willingness to address the needs of others and not seek gain at their expense. This should lead to repentance of the natural self seeking ways of man.What does it take to be able to see the good?
A willingness to address the needs of others and not seek gain at their expense. This should lead to repentance of the natural self seeking ways of man.
Yes, you can't change someone's mind unless they are persuaded by your argument. IOW they must change their mind themselves. You're more likely to antagonize them than persuade them by being condescending and telling them directly that they're wrong. It also helps if they can see that you understand their point of view.The basic premises of the OP is that before achieving results, we need to create a willingness to listen. Now, I can give many examples about how not to do it. For example -- and despite all the cheers in the comment section, I think that Aron Ra did an incredible poor job against Kent Hovind in the debate below:
Aron Ra was way too condescending and was talking way over the heads of the average Hovind fan. I am convinced that after watching this debate the average Hovind fan has even more digged his heels in the ground and entrenched in his positions.
It ought not to be that way. But we need to ask ourselves how to turn this.
Can they? Really?Simple. People can become experts at anything they wish. If we restore that idea, then we can dispense with the talking heads. (Not the band of course.)
Can they? Really?
Look, let us look at my case. I have a master degree in chemistry. Which is "just" a master degree. There are plenty of people who have more advanced degrees. So in my very area of education there are plenty of people that are much more expert.
But let us assume that I want to become an expert. I have a decent job with a decent salary, so I can live from one job and don't have to combine different jobs. That's already a head start compared to a lot of people.
A day counts 24 hours. Say 6 hours of sleep, that's 18 hours left. 8 hours working plus a daily commute of 2 hours (back and forth) so my jobs requires 10 hours a day. That's 8 hours left for house chores, eating, personal hygiene, sex, talking to my wife and family, working out, writing silly stuff on discussion boards, attending funerals, gardening, grocery shopping etc. If you cram that, there is not a lot of time left over for becoming an expert.
And that is building upon a solid foundation of chemistry knowledge already present. If you want to become an expert in a subject that is totally new, it's even much harder.
And becoming an expert in let us say climate change will exclude to become an expert in vaccination, nutritional science, paleontology etc. So you will still have to rely on experts.
So we are back at square one: how do we make people realize that they don't know best in everything (and fat chances are, they even don't know the best in anything) and that experts are just that, people who know better than most (including you and me)?
edit: which doesn't mean that people should not try to improve themselves. I believe in life long education and improvement. And thanks to the internet there are plenty of sites that offer textbooks of all levels -- from beginners to advanced college level textbook -- there are plenty of educational channels on Youtube etc. It's just much harder than you made it look.
Unfortunately it seems today that the so called experts seem to be bought in order to assist those controlling the narrative.
Not scientific, that much is obvious.I have college training in research.
Nor is anything scientific, it seems.This forum is not on my list of resources.
Sure you don't.I never take credit for the work of others.
Aptitude indicates what will be easiest. But if you can work through the tedium of the work, you can master anything that interests you.So it is all just choice, and not aptitude, or anything else.
Got it....
I don't. If you'd like my sources on anything, just ask.Not scientific, that much is obvious.
Nor is anything scientific, it seems.
Sure you don't.
Or do you?
Sources are supposed to be provided when copy-pasting, not asked for. Don't feel bad - you are but 1 of TWELVE Christians I have caught plagiarizing on this forum. I've not yet caught 1 non-creationist doing it. Almost like a trend or something.I don't. If you'd like my sources on anything, just ask.
If you look into copy rules you'll discover that excepts are considered fair use. If this were not the case then Google or any search engine could not provide any listings or information.Sources are supposed to be provided when copy-pasting, not asked for. Don't feel bad - you are but 1 of TWELVE Christians I have caught plagiarizing on this forum. I've not yet caught 1 non-creationist doing it. Almost like a trend or something.
Not scientific, that much is obvious.
If you look into copy rules you'll discover that excepts are considered fair use. If this were not the case then Google or any search engine could not provide any listings or information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
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