Posted by Dinah on February 24, 2004, at 21:56:51
In reply to Re: How are you doing........? » Dinah, posted by 64Bowtie on February 24, 2004, at 21:19:36
> Good to hear you, glad to be back...
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> Dinah,
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> I am struggling with a fundamental issue. As I see things, a person's feelings are not enough to sustain life. If my feelings conflict with other peoples' feelings, I want to say, "So what? Feelings don't solve problems, people do. Also, feelings are too easily changed to worry about, yet the only final resolution to peoples conflicts when the only differences are feelings, is violence, or at least coercion. What sense does that make?
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Why do you say that? I don't understand what you're trying to say. There are tons of ways to resolve differences in feelings between people. Violence being the least of them, if all agree to respect each other *and* their feelings.> I don't feel the same as some other person, so the remedy is violence? How about logic and reason and tolerance? No body dies then.
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What? I don't feel the same as tons of people. I don't kill them, or hit them, or resort to violence in any way. If I don't feel the same as another person, I might try to understand why they feel that way. After I do that, if we still don't agree, we can easily agree to disagree.> I was pbc'ed for studying these notions on the Faith Board. Have I been civil enough this time?
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I didn't pbc you. You'd have to check with Dr. Bob...> Ardie
Ardie?
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