OVM.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
TST Term.
The True Believer is an OVM viewpoint of strong commitment to a claim or topic.
2.
Quote:
- Michael Alan Prestwood.
- 2015.
Meaning:
Winning a point is never worth sacrificing your honesty. Debate with honor means truth matters more than victory.
3.
From History: Spirituality is exploration.
When publicly discussing spirituality, distinguish thought of the material world, what we directly experience, from the spiritual interpretations beyond it. Organize each spiritual idea into agnostic, non-theistic, and theistic.
5.
Quote:
- Roger Williams.
- 1648.
Meaning:
In disagreement, take control of your response instead of letting emotion or the last comment control where the conversation goes.
6.
From History: Reference Date: 2200 CE (+/- 50 years)
Start to live your life better now by sorting truth from belief with honesty. Let science guide the observable, reason guide what is coherent, but hold spirituality humbly.
7.
TST Term.
An irrational-pragmatic worldview prioritizes usefulness as sufficient reason to hold ideas as true.
8.
From History:
Live well by letting others be themselves without giving up your own clarity. When someone says something you feel the need to correct, stop, switch to asking a question.
10.
From History: Don't waste time on the unknowable.
Agnosticism is the honest pause between belief and denial. Used well, it helps you live with mystery, spend your attention wisely, and choose which unknowns are worth exploring.
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