Pro and Anti - sometimes two sides of ...

[kalt]

I’ve noticed that being pro-this or anti-that is sometimes just different sides of the same coin.

Anti-Islam thinking ignores the facts about Islam and looks only at Islamist rhetoric and actions.

Anti-Catholicism ignores the facts of Catholicism and instead speaks against doctrines that aren’t even Catholic.

Pro-choice thought looks only at the mother (and only in a social sense) and ignores the biological facts of the matter.

It seems that anti-this and pro-that are many times just symptoms of tunnel vision.

 

[Rence]

I’ve noticed that being pro-this or anti-that is sometimes just different sides of the same coin.

Anti-Islam thinking ignores the facts about Islam and looks only at Islamist rhetoric and actions.

Anti-Catholicism ignores the facts of Catholicism and instead speaks against doctrines that aren’t even Catholic.

Pro-choice thought looks only at the mother (and only in a social sense) and ignores the biological facts of the matter.

It seems that anti-this and pro-that are many times just symptoms of tunnel vision.

I think you’re right. They are based on peoples’ priorities. People base their decisions on what they feel is right and what their conscience tells them is a priority. Doesn’t everyone? In order to make a choice, you have to look at your options and choose what is the most important to you based on your values and beliefs.

 

[peary]

I’ve noticed that being pro-this or anti-that is sometimes just different sides of the same coin.

Anti-Islam thinking ignores the facts about Islam and looks only at Islamist rhetoric and actions.

Actions speak louder than words.

 

[Nine_Two]

I’ve noticed that being pro-this or anti-that is sometimes just different sides of the same coin.

Anti-Islam thinking ignores the facts about Islam and looks only at Islamist rhetoric and actions.

Anti-Catholicism ignores the facts of Catholicism and instead speaks against doctrines that aren’t even Catholic.

Pro-choice thought looks only at the mother (and only in a social sense) and ignores the biological facts of the matter.

It seems that anti-this and pro-that are many times just symptoms of tunnel vision.

Of course, that’s what the words mean.

There is no such mean as an unbiased examination of a topic.

 

[kalt]

Of course, that’s what the words mean.

There is no such mean as an unbiased examination of a topic.

I wasn’t talking about bias. I was talking about ignorance.

When someone doesn’t know the difference between a Muslim and an Islamist, it’s not “opinion” but ignorance that rules. Of course the ignorant don’t realize that they’re ignorant.

I think the same goes for the abortion issue. There are many people who just don’t understand that the fertilized egg is an individual human being. For most, it’s not an difference of opinion on these little people’s human rights begin, but is a failure to understand the facts of the matter - that these little people are, in fact,little people.
If were just about opinion, all would know that the fertilized eggs is a unique human being. There’s no such agreement.

 

[kalt]

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I’ve noticed that being pro-this or anti-that is sometimes just different sides of the same coin.

Anti-Islam thinking ignores the facts about Islam and looks only at Islamist rhetoric and actions.

Actions speak louder than words.

There’s a difference between a Muslim and an Islamist. Too many people don’t know the difference. And this is just what I was talking about.

 

[kalt]

I think you’re right. They are based on peoples’ priorities. People base their decisions on what they feel is right and what their conscience tells them is a priority. Doesn’t everyone? In order to make a choice, you have to look at your options and choose what is the most important to you based on your values and beliefs.

Opinions based on fact are one thing. But opinions based on lies are a different animal.

It’s one thing to know Catholicism (know the truth about it) and choose not to be Catholic. It’s another to be anti-Catholic because Catholics worship Mary. See what I mean?

 

[Dokimas]

I’ve noticed that being pro-this or anti-that is sometimes just different sides of the same coin.

Anti-Islam thinking ignores the facts about Islam and looks only at Islamist rhetoric and actions.

Anti-Catholicism ignores the facts of Catholicism and instead speaks against doctrines that aren’t even Catholic.

Pro-choice thought looks only at the mother (and only in a social sense) and ignores the biological facts of the matter.

It seems that anti-this and pro-that are many times just symptoms of tunnel vision.

I’m pretty sure I agree with the point I think you are making. That’s why I want to be pro-Jesus and leave the anti to Him. I sure is much better equipt to know what anti is. The more we’re pro-Jesus, the less the anti things will be a part of our lives.

 

[Greg27]

I think the pro and anti approach to an issue is helpful up to an extent but taken to extremes it can lead to all sorts of problems. The abortion issue is often depicted quite starkly in pro or anti positions with no compromise. This in my view has been pretty unhelpful in achieving agreement and clarity on the issue, and the intense debate and hatreds I see on either side for each other in this debate, along with the often poor reasoning, has done very little to stem the number of abortions in practice or help address the underlying causes.

I think moral debates need to return to more rational standards and the emotive elements need to be toned down, and need to take into account more evidence-based reasoning. Anti and pro-positions don’t seem to achieve much in practice.

 

[Nine_Two]

I wasn’t talking about bias. I was talking about ignorance.

Ultimately they are part of the same whole.