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Re: TRM - Morbidity has set in, or not?

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:42:01 GMT
Message-ID: <d_Dag.6874$pI5.6838@trndny05>

"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message

> I recognize I'm a heretic among relational theorists, and I also know
> what happens to heretics.

When a heretic turns out to have been right, we remember. When a heretic turns out to have been wrong, we forget. This creates a skewed perspective on the inherent value of heresy.

My response to your writings has NOT been keyed on whether or not it was heretical. It's been keyed on whether or not it squares with my own experience. You say that your experiences have led you to some hunches that you cannot prove. However, your experiences, as you describe them here, have run afoul of some cost consuming snags that I haven't run afoul of.

In all the years I have been reading what you write, you have yet to pinpoint a reason why I should be dissatisfied with what I think I have learned. That's why I remain skeptical. It has nothing to do with either group think or heresy. Received on Wed May 17 2006 - 06:42:01 CDT

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