is disagreement something to be honored or merely something to be shared?


...traditionally disagreement is the consequence of refusing to unite on the one true path
...it is a barrier to truth
...sidetrack to reality


"the unity to which we aspire come in that moment when our disagreements are transcended and we discover that we are all working out of the same principles, toward the same goals"-Rev. Lisa Friedman


i know how to honor disagreement; to understand that not all people will come up with the same conclusions, same principles. i know how to honor and appreciate diversity. to love people of all faiths. however, i don't know how to love and honor all people of my own. i don't know how to honor their obsessions with Truth, conversion, salvation. i don't know how to honor their views of homosexuals, our religious others. i don't know how to share in our disagreements. i need to learn how.