Protestantism

» pink101 - Back to your original question

In response to Back to your original question posted by paper_turtle:
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It's a tough call, Sister Turtle.
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It is opinions and mind sets along with personal beliefs that go deep into familial roots here at Suite101. To expect any participant to turn around in a change of direction regarding things they learned on their mother's lap or at their father's knee is almost as futile as it is for a hound dog to bay at the moon.
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Why do we come here putting our thoughts on the table? Do we really expect anyone to accept that which we present as though it were truth? Do we? How often have any of us seen any participant here admit to any error or ever express a slight change of mind? Is any one here any less sure of their thoughts in any way than they were when they first arrived? If anything, haven't some gone even more deeply into their ideologies than they were at the start?
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But, we all like to think we're different. At least, I like to think I am. :~) But, am I?
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I do like to search for truth and I do think I have the ability to change my mind. Just this morning I was reading some history about Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman and I think I may have changed an understanding of those two that I had held on to for fifty years. But, maybe I'm just wishy washy?
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I would like to be able to change my mind about everything once I have better evidence. It seems to me that, if I couldn't change, then I'm the less for it.
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-- posted by pink101