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| #Post#: 11494-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: guest36 Date: February 26, 2020, 1:29 pm | |
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| [quote author=Willie T link=topic=759.msg11491#msg11491 | |
| date=1582740069] | |
| "Yes", I suppose it can be good. If it were not for my | |
| hyper/sensitivity, I would never have gotten into psychiatry. | |
| No, it's not what you might be thinking. In my younger days I | |
| wore out my knuckles on quite a few heads because of that | |
| sensitivity. It got so bad, I was told by a judge to either | |
| enter anger management classes, or get myself saddled with some | |
| serious assault charges. | |
| Some time later, the shrink who ran the program recruited me to | |
| facilitate some of his Sex Offender group sessions. Actually, | |
| one of the requisites was that you had to be able to defend | |
| yourself in case one of the clients turned out to have the same | |
| propensity for throwing hands that I once had. Worked out kinda | |
| well. LOL | |
| Today, maybe not so much. That aggressive tendency gets in the | |
| way a lot of times. | |
| [/quote] | |
| Good job the two of us have made up via PM's otherwise if we had | |
| carried on looks like I might have ended up with a bloody nose | |
| LoL | |
| #Post#: 11513-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: Helen Date: February 26, 2020, 6:12 pm | |
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| [quote author=Episkopay link=topic=759.msg11490#msg11490 | |
| date=1582738955] | |
| It's the "dialectic"...where there is a thesis...an | |
| antithesis..and when these agree we have synthesis. it is a way | |
| to understanding the truth based on the way our brains work. We | |
| have 2 poles in our brain that function each separately. It's | |
| what allows us to become hypocrites for instance. So it is only | |
| as BOTH sides of the brain are brought into the mix that we can | |
| perceive what truth is. Most people will argue from one side or | |
| the other..so that they never are able to grasp the truth. | |
| instead they have "their" truth...a side of a truth. | |
| A good example of this in religion is the Calvinist/Armenian | |
| dialectic. | |
| So then neither is right. But by looking at arguments from BOTH | |
| sides we can arrive at a balanced understanding. | |
| But this takes work and lots of thinking things out. As Einstein | |
| once said...thinking is hard work..that's why so few people do | |
| it! ;) | |
| [/quote] | |
| I can see why I never understood it when Mark/bbyrd talks about | |
| different dialects ...even reading your post wore me out...I | |
| find it very hard these days in understanding 'heavy things'. | |
| As you said it well :- | |
| But this takes work and lots of thinking things out. | |
| As Einstein once said...thinking is hard work..that's why so few | |
| people do it! [emoji2] [emoji12] [emoji23] | |
| Yep, that's me. | |
| Right there you have it! This poor brain I am sure is shrinking | |
| , it's hard work for me. | |
| Thanks for your post. | |
| --------------------- | |
| And thank you REBA. | |
| So would you say that in a nut shell is it more like group or | |
| culture colloquialisms? | |
| So ( Anyone) what does bbyrd009 mean when he speaks of people | |
| speaking in satan's dialect? I've never understood that. | |
| Wish he was here to answer. | |
| I do remember asking him once , but I didn't really understand | |
| his answer ..but then...'not wishing to appear a fool..' I | |
| didn't ask further ,....plus I didn't want to derail the thread | |
| we were in. | |
| #Post#: 11515-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: Amadeus Date: February 26, 2020, 6:33 pm | |
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| [quote author=Helen link=topic=759.msg11513#msg11513 | |
| date=1582762363] | |
| I can see why I never understood it when Mark/bbyrd talks about | |
| different dialects ...even reading your post wore me out...I | |
| find it very hard these days in understanding 'heavy things'. | |
| As you said it well :- | |
| But this takes work and lots of thinking things out. | |
| As Einstein once said...thinking is hard work..that's why so few | |
| people do it! [emoji2] [emoji12] [emoji23] | |
| Yep, that's me. | |
| Right there you have it! This poor brain I am sure is shrinking | |
| , it's hard work for me. | |
| Thanks for your post. | |
| --------------------- | |
| And thank you REBA. | |
| So would you say that in a nut shell is it more like group or | |
| culture colloquialisms? | |
| So ( Anyone) what does bbyrd009 mean when he speaks of people | |
| speaking in satan's dialect? I've never understood that. | |
| Wish he was here to answer. | |
| I do remember asking him once , but I didn't really understand | |
| his answer ..but then...'not wishing to appear a fool..' I | |
| didn't ask further ,....plus I didn't want to derail the thread | |
| we were in. | |
| [/quote] | |
| Dialectic: | |
| I still do not like the word myself. I have to stop and think | |
| about what is being said to be certain I understand what is | |
| being said when that word, dialectic, is used. | |
| Very simply consider it a two part word. The first part, di-, a | |
| common prefix meaning: two or twice or double. | |
| For the second part of the word, -lectic, consider the lecture | |
| of a professor who presents his part alone with no questions or | |
| feedback allowed from his listening students. There is no | |
| dialogue between two or more participants. With the dialectic | |
| there two lecturers (at least) speaking or as Episkopay | |
| effectively put it, two inputs from the same brain. | |
| That is it simply and may not be completely accurate, but it is | |
| easier for me to remember than to look up a definition each time | |
| I see the word used. | |
| #Post#: 11516-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: Nancy Date: February 26, 2020, 6:41 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=Helen link=topic=759.msg11513#msg11513 | |
| date=1582762363] | |
| I can see why I never understood it when Mark/bbyrd talks about | |
| different dialects ...even reading your post wore me out...I | |
| find it very hard these days in understanding 'heavy things'. | |
| As you said it well :- | |
| But this takes work and lots of thinking things out. | |
| As Einstein once said...thinking is hard work..that's why so few | |
| people do it! [emoji2] [emoji12] [emoji23] | |
| Yep, that's me. | |
| Right there you have it! This poor brain I am sure is shrinking | |
| , it's hard work for me. | |
| Thanks for your post. | |
| --------------------- | |
| And thank you REBA. | |
| So would you say that in a nut shell is it more like group or | |
| culture colloquialisms? | |
| So ( Anyone) what does bbyrd009 mean when he speaks of people | |
| speaking in satan's dialect? I've never understood that. | |
| Wish he was here to answer. | |
| I do remember asking him once , but I didn't really understand | |
| his answer ..but then...'not wishing to appear a fool..' I | |
| didn't ask further ,....plus I didn't want to derail the thread | |
| we were in. | |
| [/quote] | |
| "but then...'not wishing to appear a fool..' I didn't ask | |
| further ,....plus I didn't want to derail the thread we were" | |
| "Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he | |
| closes his lips, he is considered prudent." Proverbs 17:28 :D | |
| #Post#: 11518-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: Episkopay Date: February 26, 2020, 7:17 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=Helen link=topic=759.msg11513#msg11513 | |
| date=1582762363] | |
| I can see why I never understood it when Mark/bbyrd talks about | |
| different dialects ...even reading your post wore me out...I | |
| find it very hard these days in understanding 'heavy things'. | |
| As you said it well :- | |
| But this takes work and lots of thinking things out. | |
| As Einstein once said...thinking is hard work..that's why so few | |
| people do it! [emoji2] [emoji12] [emoji23] | |
| Yep, that's me. | |
| Right there you have it! This poor brain I am sure is shrinking | |
| , it's hard work for me. | |
| Thanks for your post. | |
| --------------------- | |
| And thank you REBA. | |
| So would you say that in a nut shell is it more like group or | |
| culture colloquialisms? | |
| So ( Anyone) what does bbyrd009 mean when he speaks of people | |
| speaking in satan's dialect? I've never understood that. | |
| Wish he was here to answer. | |
| I do remember asking him once , but I didn't really understand | |
| his answer ..but then...'not wishing to appear a fool..' I | |
| didn't ask further ,....plus I didn't want to derail the thread | |
| we were in. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I too wonder if Bbyrd understands the dialectic in it's common | |
| usage. And I hope we can get to use more examples in future. I | |
| use the word "polarity" normally for this. Like a magnetic field | |
| that has 2 poles...or a battery with the positive and negative | |
| posts. same idea. | |
| #Post#: 11535-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: guest36 Date: February 27, 2020, 5:34 am | |
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| [quote author=Ivor link=topic=759.msg11489#msg11489 | |
| date=1582738820] | |
| Don't blame people for being sensitive it's a good quality ... | |
| I'm the opposite, very thick skinned (crocodile skin) a whack at | |
| me won't even be registered as offence often it sails over my | |
| head completely but that sadly comes at a cost.. I don't get | |
| poetry and I rarely get Christian music and I can border on | |
| being critical but never cynical because I do accept everyone | |
| for who they are.. | |
| [/quote] | |
| But you must have a soft and romantic spot somewhere along the | |
| line to have captured and hung onto your lovely wife. | |
| Or was it the hair raising, speedster, motor cyclist that pushed | |
| her buttons? ;D | |
| #Post#: 11536-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: guest46 Date: February 27, 2020, 6:08 am | |
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| Hi there, | |
| It's no good, I still do not understand what dialectic means, so | |
| what does my dictionary say:- | |
| dialectic:- (noun) 1) logical debate by question and answer to | |
| resolve differences between two views. 2) the art of logical | |
| argument . | |
| * In the light of this, in a discussion with @Episcopay, I | |
| closed with the words, 'sadly I do not agree with your | |
| conclusions', for to enquire further as to how he reached those | |
| conclusions held the possibility of further disagreement, and I | |
| did not want to go there: but I feel that I should have done, | |
| for I would have understood him better. | |
| * I find simply trying to understand someone's manner of speech | |
| is quite difficult on times, and misunderstanding what is being | |
| said can lead to fruitless argument. We may all speak the | |
| English language, but our different cultures, outlook and | |
| influences all combine to make our form of expression | |
| indecipherable to each other. :) (does that make sense?!) | |
| * On the other forum @Episcopay and I were not able to enter | |
| into discussion together without some form of conflict, but, | |
| happily, here on this forum, we seem to be able to talk more | |
| reasonably with one another, even though we may not always see | |
| eye to eye on matters. | |
| * Hi @Episcopay, forgive me for talking about you like this, but | |
| I am genuinely glad to have got over that hurdle. :) | |
| In Christ Jesus | |
| Chris | |
| #Post#: 11540-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: guest46 Date: February 27, 2020, 6:48 am | |
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| Hello again, :) | |
| I am thinking of discussions, and how to resolve issues by | |
| discussing them logically in order to arrive at the truth of the | |
| subjects in hand. Online I found it said that there are two | |
| types of logical argument - 'deductive' and 'inductive'. | |
| Examples were given of both, which I quote:- | |
| Deductive - This type of reasoning provides complete evidence of | |
| the truth of its conclusion. It uses a specific and accurate | |
| premise that leads to a specific and accurate conclusion. With | |
| correct premises, the conclusion to this type of argument is | |
| verifiable and correct. | |
| Inductive - This type of reasoning is "bottom up," meaning that | |
| it takes specific information and makes a broad generalization | |
| that is considered probable, allowing for the fact that the | |
| conclusion may not be accurate. This type of reasoning usually | |
| involves a rule being established based on a series of repeated | |
| experiences. | |
| * I can relate to these two patterns of argument, for I have | |
| seen them used on the forum. With the former it is possible to | |
| come to the truth of the matter, but with the latter I can't see | |
| how it's possible to arrive at an agreement regarding what is | |
| true, for nothing is based on verifiable fact. | |
| In Christ Jesus | |
| Chris | |
| #Post#: 11544-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: Nancy Date: February 27, 2020, 7:44 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=charity link=topic=759.msg11540#msg11540 | |
| date=1582807717] | |
| Hello again, :) | |
| I am thinking of discussions, and how to resolve issues by | |
| discussing them logically in order to arrive at the truth of the | |
| subjects in hand. Online I found it said that there are two | |
| types of logical argument - 'deductive' and 'inductive'. | |
| Examples were given of both, which I quote:- | |
| Deductive - This type of reasoning provides complete evidence of | |
| the truth of its conclusion. It uses a specific and accurate | |
| premise that leads to a specific and accurate conclusion. With | |
| correct premises, the conclusion to this type of argument is | |
| verifiable and correct. | |
| Inductive - This type of reasoning is "bottom up," meaning that | |
| it takes specific information and makes a broad generalization | |
| that is considered probable, allowing for the fact that the | |
| conclusion may not be accurate. This type of reasoning usually | |
| involves a rule being established based on a series of repeated | |
| experiences. | |
| * I can relate to these two patterns of argument, for I have | |
| seen them used on the forum. With the former it is possible to | |
| come to the truth of the matter, but with the latter I can't see | |
| how it's possible to arrive at an agreement regarding what is | |
| true, for nothing is based on verifiable fact. | |
| In Christ Jesus | |
| Chris | |
| [/quote] | |
| For the first method, are you talking about removing erroneous | |
| "facts" to expose the "true " ones? And, the second one like | |
| you said, the "bottom up" one being "just the facts maam" ( :D | |
| ) ...be kind of like 'making the facts' fit as they go? | |
| :) | |
| #Post#: 11547-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: < To All Members Here > | |
| By: Willie T Date: February 27, 2020, 8:11 am | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=charity link=topic=759.msg11540#msg11540 | |
| date=1582807717] | |
| Hello again, :) | |
| I am thinking of discussions, and how to resolve issues by | |
| discussing them logically in order to arrive at the truth of the | |
| subjects in hand. Online I found it said that there are two | |
| types of logical argument - 'deductive' and 'inductive'. | |
| Examples were given of both, which I quote:- | |
| Deductive - This type of reasoning provides complete evidence of | |
| the truth of its conclusion. It uses a specific and accurate | |
| premise that leads to a specific and accurate conclusion. With | |
| correct premises, the conclusion to this type of argument is | |
| verifiable and correct. | |
| Inductive - This type of reasoning is "bottom up," meaning that | |
| it takes specific information and makes a broad generalization | |
| that is considered probable, allowing for the fact that the | |
| conclusion may not be accurate. This type of reasoning usually | |
| involves a rule being established based on a series of repeated | |
| experiences. | |
| * I can relate to these two patterns of argument, for I have | |
| seen them used on the forum. With the former it is possible to | |
| come to the truth of the matter, but with the latter I can't see | |
| how it's possible to arrive at an agreement regarding what is | |
| true, for nothing is based on verifiable fact. | |
| In Christ Jesus | |
| Chris | |
| [/quote]Inductive reasoning is a well-established method of | |
| Bible Study. | |
| You might find it interesting to search "Inductive Bible Study" | |
| online. | |
| https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGH… | |
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