'Less Disdain', treating others with less disdain. This has been a mantra for me the last couple of months. I want to have in my mind and heart a true respect when I speak to others about their ideas, opinions, and beliefs. I want to share mine the way Paul encourages us to:
Eph. 4:15 ....speaking the truth in love
and I want to listen in love as well.
Can people who have different ideas, and beliefs discuss and share these in love?
When I'm learning, growing, and seeking, the cool thing is, that the perfect situations arise and help will appear.
For example, I found by the 'truth in love' being spoken from a friend that sometimes I present my beliefs about cosmology and origins with some disdain.
Then a resource came into my life, an Intelligent Design organization whose stated goal is to
treat people who disagree with gentleness, respect, and love. They provide a forum where ID and evolution can be discussed in peace.
and I got to see how this works in a chat room a couple of days ago. I was writing about irreducible complexity and wanted the opposing viewpoint. I knew just where to go, a chat room where scientists hang out.
I soon had some great counter arguments to my ideas and had fun with people too.
At the end of our discussion, one scientiste said, "Hey, we both have our beliefs. Yours in a creator, ours in evolutionary theory. " Perfect! It was cool....truth in love.
Is there only One truth? Well, yeah, truth is true, but that doesn't mean our Omniscient and Omnipotent Creator can't bring ideas around in a beautiful design and paradox that you and I just can't see yet.
There's no swine only pearls, less disdain, that's the truth in love.
Eph. 4:15 ....speaking the truth in love
and I want to listen in love as well.
Can people who have different ideas, and beliefs discuss and share these in love?
When I'm learning, growing, and seeking, the cool thing is, that the perfect situations arise and help will appear.
For example, I found by the 'truth in love' being spoken from a friend that sometimes I present my beliefs about cosmology and origins with some disdain.
Then a resource came into my life, an Intelligent Design organization whose stated goal is to
treat people who disagree with gentleness, respect, and love. They provide a forum where ID and evolution can be discussed in peace.
and I got to see how this works in a chat room a couple of days ago. I was writing about irreducible complexity and wanted the opposing viewpoint. I knew just where to go, a chat room where scientists hang out.
I soon had some great counter arguments to my ideas and had fun with people too.
At the end of our discussion, one scientiste said, "Hey, we both have our beliefs. Yours in a creator, ours in evolutionary theory. " Perfect! It was cool....truth in love.
Is there only One truth? Well, yeah, truth is true, but that doesn't mean our Omniscient and Omnipotent Creator can't bring ideas around in a beautiful design and paradox that you and I just can't see yet.
There's no swine only pearls, less disdain, that's the truth in love.
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