RFK Jr.: "An individual, like every nation, has a darker side and a lighter side. The easiest thing a politician can do is appeal to our dark angels—to our greed, our anger, fear... That is the most potent instrument for manipulation. It's much harder to do what my dad was trying to do. Which is to get people to transcend their narrow self interest and find a hero inside themselves and say we are part of a community here, we are a part of something larger."
Ask no man
No More Contention is the pursuit of clarity, charity and understanding. Contention arises from the compulsion to have others agree with us. Seeking understanding in an environment of clarity and charity produces no more contention. As Joseph Smith said, "I will ask no man to believe as I do."
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In a sense, contention is inevitable and unavoidable because every individual is unique, and no two people agree on everything. Ideally, we...
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In a sense, contention is inevitable and unavoidable because every individual is unique, and no two people agree on everything. Ideally, we...
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Recently I had an extended conversation about an issue in Church history that involves a combination of facts and assumptions, inferences, t...
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We achieve "no more contention" by pursuing clarity, charity and understanding. This means everyone involved values maximal truth....
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