ialdabaoth comments on Don't Get Offended - LessWrong

32 Post author: katydee 07 March 2013 02:11AM

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Comment author: bobneumann 27 March 2013 09:42:36AM 1 point [-]

I think one key in not being offended is being secure in your own person and position. If you're not actually worried that someone or their remarks may actually hurt or damage you, then it's easy to remain objective and not take offense.

In the Old Testament it says, "Great peace have they which love Thy law, and nothing shall offend them." I'd like to think that I'm secure in my position relating to the very Creator of the universe. So, to the degree that I am truly secure in that position, what can anyone really do or say to upset me?

Comment author: ialdabaoth 28 March 2013 07:35:20PM -1 points [-]

So, to the degree that I am truly secure in that position, what can anyone really do or say to upset me?

Force you to abandon that security by bringing it into logical conflict with another position that you feel equally secure in.