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So this is a fun place to argue/discuss/debate/share pretty much any topic ranging from halacha, hashkafa, politics to pretty much anything.
My question is this: Have you ever changed your mind (at all) based on discussion here either between you and another poster or by reading through/following a thread?
Care to ellaborate?
I’ll go first In discussing the hallabaloo over the Merkel picture a few months back, I’m not as sure that it is dishonest.
Anyone else?
Can you explain the second half of the question please?
I think I might have had something to do with that one.
I’ve definitely changed my mind on some halachic issues – mist on subtle points, one or two not so subtle.
I’ve also learned which issues are very sensitive points to some people, although I don’t know if I’ve actually changed my mind about too many hashkafos. My hashkafos have been pretty well thought out from before I ever joined the CR, although discussing/debating has helped me crystallize them.
Me too, on the same vein as that of DY. I’ve gained much on knowing how others think, what makes them tick (and what ticks them off).
One more thing, I try to verify Halacha things I find here, with a competent Halachaician before rashly, blindly following them.
LF,
How do you pronounce Halachaician?
Does it rhyme with nation and station?
Or with beautician?
Isn’t it hah-luh-chuh-ay-she-in?
I was wondering the same thing.
Bump.
I’ve had people tell me my online comments changed their mind/position.
To the view/understanding I expressed/explained.
Who wants to change minds with me?
I have changed my mind based on real life discussions with people, but I’m too stubborn, and too wary of strangers on the internet, to change my mind based on a yeshivaworld discussion.
Golfer, if someone logically and convincingly explained and proved to you in an online discussion that a certain view of yours was mistaken, you’d be too stubborn to change your line of thinking?
I have changed my mind based on real life discussions with people, but I’m too stubborn, and too wary of strangers on the internet, to change my mind based on a yeshivaworld discussion.
I don’t mean changing your views out of respect of others. Sometimes, in a conversation with someone else, you get to see a different perspective clearer, or notice something you missed before. The change of mind starts and finishes with yourself, but is inspired by a comment made by someone else. Wariness is much less the issue than stubbornness in this case; why should the stranger factor make a difference here?
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