Nod. I was careful to say "they might..." :-). I know there's good stuff out there.
I think there can be a situation where both sides have clear and powerful arguments but in the end one can be decided upon as closer to the truth than the other.
Yes, but....
Yes, but there's more than truth-finding going on. A person who argues one side or the other is also learning ethics and grappling with issues and figuring out what's important and why. Pick an issue that is distinctly uncomfortable, with opposing sides, A and B. If both A and B both have noble defenders, then proving A "right" or "closer to the truth" might end the journeys of those who defend B - and those defending B, being noble, might have other things that are important to contribute.
I'm not saying the answer isn't important, or that the journey is *more* important than the answer, but I think that the journey is very important, because it leads people to interesting places.
(Unless they're saying something like "JESUS SAYS PORNOGRAPHY IS EVIL AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HELL!" I suppose that's an interesting place to be, but it doesn't strike me as one that is part of a journey.)
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Nod. I was careful to say "they might..." :-). I know there's good stuff out there.
I think there can be a situation where both sides have clear and powerful
arguments but in the end one can be decided upon as closer to the truth
than the other.
Yes, but....
Yes, but there's more than truth-finding going on. A person who argues one side or the other is also learning ethics and grappling with issues and figuring out what's important and why. Pick an issue that is distinctly uncomfortable, with opposing sides, A and B. If both A and B both have noble defenders, then proving A "right" or "closer to the truth" might end the journeys of those who defend B - and those defending B, being noble, might have other things that are important to contribute.
I'm not saying the answer isn't important, or that the journey is *more* important than the answer, but I think that the journey is very important, because it leads people to interesting places.
(Unless they're saying something like "JESUS SAYS PORNOGRAPHY IS EVIL AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HELL!" I suppose that's an interesting place to be, but it doesn't strike me as one that is part of a journey.)