to bad you weren't raised to develop an intelligent argument
I really appreciate your comments.
My parents may have been remiss on teaching me how to argue. I was raised to solve problems, negotiate, mediate and focus on common ground. But I see now I wasn’t always the best pupil.
Teaching what I should do is much different than guiding me on HOW to do things.
When we got pregnant, I knew I had to do something different. I entered into the pure state of repentance.
In Jesus’ day, repentance had nothing to do with saying “I’m sorry” and then moving on. The word in tghe first century was metanoia. It meant a profound and total transformation. Truly, a “new creature” on the earth.
I began to do some serious moral inventories of my shortcomings and learned to be accountable with integrity and honest in my own self-awareness.
I learned to talk to my daughter so she could listen and learned to listen to her so she could talk.
It was like night and day. A pure example of what repentance was all about.
Finally, I find it isn’t easy to make a respectful, intelligent argument.
I am still learning.
That’s why I rely on other people to give me a hand.
It’s often a good way for me to learn something new--something valuable I have missed.
Would you be willing to show me exactly and specificially how certain words and phrases in my posts are without intelligence or relevance?
I would also appreciate you paying attention to things I post to others that may be less-than-ideal.
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