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Let's be honest here , we all have opinions on something . Whether it be on religion , adoration , gay marriage , Obama , or which tv show is the best , we all think our opinions are right . You can try to back your opinion with all the logic and reasoning you want but it's still your opinion and your going to think your right because that's why it's your opinion. You wouldn't have an opinion you disagreed or else you would change it and then think your new opinion is correct .
They are always right for me, that is why I express them. They may not even be correct, but I'm determined to defend that in which I state. Surrender isn't on the table, only total annihilation. Opinions will never defeat me, facts may win the battle; but not the war that is CD.
One will never convince anybody of anything that they don't want to be convinced of. It is human nature to be competitive, debates, politics, conversation, isn't exempt from this.
I understand that he did, but your counter argument to him requires evidence that you haven't provided. If I wanted to incite drama, I would be a lot harsher with the name calling.
I called you a dingus because you haven't provided proof to your claim that only god has the "right" opinion every time, you're being a total dingus, plain and simple.
You need to stop being so sensitive due to the internet. Not everyone agrees with you. I dont care who agrees with me or not. You need to learn the lesson. Andy gave us the comment rating system for a reason. If he did not want us to us it, it would not exist. It is personal to me why I rate comments and how I rate them. Im not going to give you a reason and Im not going off topic anymore with you. I dont care who downvotes me or why.
You need to stop being so sensitive due to the internet.
Agh. Isn't that judging, Dana?
Not everyone agrees with you.
I'm aware.
I dont care who agrees with me or not.
Why is this relevant?
You need to learn the lesson.
What lesson? lol
Andy gave us the comment rating system for a reason. If he did not want us to us it, it would not exist.
I'm also aware, however, this does not mean that you should use it for any reason that you please.
It is personal to me why I rate comments and how I rate them. Im not going to give you a reason and Im not going off topic anymore with you. I dont care who downvotes me or why.
When someone tries to slight me, I confront them. As I've told you earlier, I don't pretend to not be bothered and take it out on people who don't deserve it in a manner as passive aggressively as possible.
If you want to stay off topic, maybe you can try your hand at actually proving your claim that your god exists, and that if he does exist, that his opinions are right all of the time, in spite of his history of changing his own mind.
By right do you mean just or fair? Because 'right' and 'wrong' can't be applied to opinions, since they are just a way of thinking, not an answer or fact.
Now do I believe my opinions are always just or fair? As a logical person, no. My opinions are always in my own interests, even if sometimes those interests coincide with the law, or the interests of others, ultimately they are my interests first, hence the reason they are my opinions.
It is my opinion that I should win every game, it is my opinion that open carry is not as effective as it's supposed to be, it is also my opinion that idiots should not walk across the road if I'm driving. Out of these three opinions, one isn't fair, one is a law, and one is just there. No right or wrong about it.
Our knowledge is never complete. What I have is just a handful of it or even less what lies ahead is a big ocean. To feel it is a divine essence. N hence no person can always be right in his or her opinion
I'm going to go with no. While I'm fairly confident in most of my opinions due to having given them considerable thought and research, this doesn't apply to all of them.
When I'm exposed to something for the first time, I form an opinion on it despite not having anything close to complete information on it- this is something that I cannot help, no matter how hard I try to remain objective. These initial opinions are very frequently revised when the matter is given more scrutiny.
Unfortunately, there are far more things that I've formed opinions on than I have time to adequately research. While I have researched and studied very many things, it doesn't even come close to the number of issues and ideas that I've formed opinions on with minimal exposure. I typically avoid debating on these topics, but that doesn't change the fact that i have an opinion on them.
While anyone can try to work from an objective position and anyone can try to avoid being biased either for or against their preconceived opinion, I wonder sometimes if it's humanly possible to actually be objective about anything.
I just can't consider an uninformed opinion to be a valid argument for anything; I believe things should be based primarily on reason, with feelings as more of a secondary concern. Not discounted entirely mind you, or disregarding them altogether, but I don't believe they constitute an argument themselves. Facts do. Conclusions in the form of theories that draw accurate conclusions do very nearly as well as facts themselves. Hypotheses that are consistent with the data and other available information pertaining to the subject are nearly as good as theories, sometimes. But opinions based on emotions, rather than knowledge? Nope. And it would be hypocritical of me not to apply that to myself. Everyone's a hypocrite sometimes, I think- myself certainly included, but I do try to avoid it.
I just can't consider an uninformed opinion to be a valid argument for anything; I believe things should be based primarily on reason, with feelings as more of a secondary concern.
Perhaps you discount the value of honestly expressed curiosity to argumentation. sometimes we can spend our effort trying to help someone make their case. Sometimes we know things intuitively that we struggle to express verbally and we just need practice to get better at expressing ourselves. To me curiosity ranks among the most beautiful things to express. Always being on about what we think we are well informed about is like lecturing, like peaching, dignified people find it irritating. The brightest of us are exploring shared curiosities. Ever notice that it seems no one is ever pressed to justify their logic down to first principles? I wager it has something to do with LACK OF CURIOSITY. We need more people who aren't so worried about appearing poorly informed that they find expressing curiosity somehow shameful. How boring when people are too timid to be forthright about their suspicions about things.
Not discounted entirely mind you, or disregarding them altogether, but I don't believe they constitute an argument themselves.
Discounting them enough to ignore how they stimulate so much and agitate us enough to stray from ordinary thought patterns and often out of mental stagnation?
If not living up to our ideals as well as we would prefer qualifies as hypocrisy then I am a hypocrite flat out.
and BTW....I trust that if my comments were based on inaccurate suspicions, that I may or may not truly even have, about how you think, you won't have any trouble not feeling offended.
Well, I have been known to post questions (and even create entire debates) about topics I am curious about, but I don't consider questions regarding a subject I'm unfamiliar with to constitute debates, even if they're presented within the dialogue on a debate site like this one.
I didn't meant to suggest that I avoid those topics altogether, merely that I don't participate them as an active debater in favor of one side or the other, generally speaking.
And of course, no offence taken. I don't take offence easily- frustration is another matter entirely, though I'm working on that.
No of course not. If people only spoke their opinion's in light of being right, than there would be no point they have nothing to prove.
Even the people who believe all their opinions are right, IF they voice them, they are looking for feedback. So really no one (who voices an opinion OUT LOUD) truly believes their own opinion 100%.
This question was a bit tough tbh. I will NEVER say "I am wrong and you are right", but all the same, I will never say "I am right and you are wrong".
At least in subjective arguments. If it were something objective, such as Pedophilia being wrong, then I'd most assuredly flip shit if somebody said it should be acceptable.