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"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
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I will spue thee out of my mouth." - Revelations 3:16
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<p>Generally I get along with any kind of person. But this isn't to say
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that some kind of people don't frustrate me, as someone who enjoys
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discussing topics such as politics, religion, sciences, etc. However, it
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isn't the person that disagrees with me that frustrates me, but rather
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the person that holds inconsistent opinions, and doesn't follow their
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own logic to its ultimate consequences. And there are these kinds of
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people on all sides of any argument - including my own.</p>
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<p>This kind of problem usually occurs when speaking to someone on an
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issue relating to politics or religion. That is to say, anything
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pertaining to the management and governance of the public (i.e.
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politics). The issue in question here is not one where two positions the
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person may hold seem hypocritical, since this is acceptable so long as
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their reasoning can make them compatible. No, the error is when the
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reasoning itself changes based upon circumstances. When exceptions are
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made to the rules.</p>
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<p>Typically, a person will make these kinds of exceptions in their own
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reasoning because they dislike following their own logic to its ultimate
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conclusion. They know that for certain cases their very own reasoning
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would lead them to support something they see as evil or immoral, or
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rule out something that is clearly good. So to compensate, they make
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exceptions based upon intuition.</p>
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<p>The problem here isn't so much that people see a problem with their
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own logic, but that they make exceptions to it instead of realizing that
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if their reasoning leads them to error, their reasoning is erroneous
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itself. As such, is it truly that difficult to assume that many of their
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other conclusions based upon the same reasoning could also be false? It
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is not proven, but it is very likely.</p>
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<p>Essentially, the error here comes from lack of radical belief. He who
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believes the wrong thing for the right reasons is much more righteous
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than he who believes the right thing for the wrong reasons. We must make
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an effort to bring our own reasoning to its logical conclusions, and
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when we discover what those are, we have one of two choices: accept
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where our reasoning has brought us, or reject our own reasoning. But to
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pretend that this inconsistency, this flaw does not exist, is simply to
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lie to ourselves and our conscience. For no truth can contradict
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itself.</p>
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<p>As such, be either cold or hot, but detest that which is lukewarm.
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For at least he who is cold or hot may be correct, but he who is
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lukewarm will always be wrong.</p>
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