1362. Fact-finding or fault-finding? By Joni Hilton · November 25, 2021
I love Meridian Magazine and you probably have seen, I reuse many of their inspirational articles, and I always give credit to whomever wrote it. This is another really good one! Fact-finding or fault-finding? By Joni Hilton · November 25, 2021 We live in an era of sharp division, harsh words, and violent flare-ups. We see it in the streets and sometimes in our own families. Somehow, we have forgotten how to agree to disagree. Instead of fact-finding when we encounter someone with a different view, there is fault-finding. Someone’s differing view suddenly defines the person. Hatred of an opinion has become hatred of the person who holds it. We seem to have forgotten “hate the sin but love the sinner” as our society sinks into personal attacks and cancel culture. Why must our dislike for a political position have to become dislike for the person who holds it? Do you dislike people of other faiths? Folks who cheer for other teams? People who like the mountains whereas you prefer th