What’s wrong when most people agree on big issues but division still thrives? This is a 400-level class in Applied Grace. Jim and Bill unpack an article by Dave Pell at NextDraft.com. They re-introduce the “conflict machine,” exposing how political systems purposely pit us against each other. Jim explains why law increases sin, how empathy breaks cycles of hate, and why democracy is a terrible way to solve problems. Notes: Dave Pell on Nextdraft: https://nextdraft.com/archives/n20241121/were-in-agreement/ The Paradox of Tolerance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Daryl Davis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Jim maintains that the keywords in this context is "shall not be infringed." Chapters: 0:00 Theme 0:24 NextDraft piece by Dave Pell 2:03 Did Pell land on Grace? 3:30 Is agreement really widespread? 9:27 If agreement is wide, why so much censorship? 14:44 Imposing of religion and on conscience 17:01 If agreement is wide, why exaggeration? 18:16 Risking an arbitrary strike 19:26 Distinction between Issues and Problems 23:16 Proof sufficient agreement fails 26:00 Is democracy delivering? 28:31 We voted and agreed What's wrong with you? 29:46 Is democracy the best way? 32:49 What empathy and grace actually entail 36:59 Who and what is a leader? 38:58 The tRipping point 45:23 Law vs Grace 48:27 The Undeserved Gift 51:54 Human Respect, the alternative 53:39 Daryl Davis and Pay-It-Forward effects Bill Protzmann is your moderator. The series is sponsored by THE FOUNDATION FOR HARMONY AND PROSPERITY. https://www.harmonyandprosperity.org/ Thank you to Randy Garbin for our amazing episode thumbnails: http://randygarbin.com/ We are grateful to Sergio at https://www.youtube.com/@KeysofMoonMusic for our intro theme. ► https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10500501 or you can purchase his music on BandCamp: ► https://keysofmoon.bandcamp.com/ ► If you have any questions please feel free to write to Sergio at:
[email protected] Chat-GPT4 was used to help write the show description. Be grace-full to each other.
