Who has...?

Question

an attachment to being right?
Please no hositlity when answering this question.
Hint...you will be answering the question, no matter what you say.
I've been taking a look at this about myself and I can see where
I can be guilty of this.
(2nd ques.) Why do we get caught up in this useless emotion?
(3rd ques) What postivity and/or Love does it bring to the world?
Please answer honestly and open up a bit, it wont hurt.
Blessing to All
In Spirit.
Angi

Have to ask this, "why answer questions you do not understand?"
Maybe, this will help..."Do you always have to be right?"

Please people, try just a lil bit harder, speak in first person.

Answer 1

I don't know anyone who doesn't have SOME attachment to being right. No one WANTS to be wrong. Being wrong can be embarrassing at the very least. If we have a lot invested in being right, if the issue is integral to our worldview and our concept of who and what we are and how we fit into the world, being proved wrong can be devastating.

The need to be right is also tied up with pride. Which is why I like to approach most things with the attitude of a student. It preserves my humility (as opposed to a sense of inferiority) and promotes a sense of wonder. "Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning." Proverbs 9:9. This also one reason why I'm a Christian: "The fear of the Lord teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor."

As to Q3: I think it depends on who you're comparing yourself to. If I need to be right in relation to other people (they are therefore wrong), that's a pride thing and it leads to conflict. If my need to be right is in relation to God, then I start from a position of humility and I work at being as much like Him as I can, which SHOULD make me more positive and loving.

Answer 2

Anyone who has found truth, or a truth, or truths, has an attachment to being right, if i understand your question correctly.Some people have found truths, only to find later in life, they were untruths, after which they should adjust - don't we all ? it is actually easy to say sorry...costs nothing and gains a lot...
It is natural to be caught up in these emotions, but not to such an extent that one does not listen to, and not consider the rights and opinions of others, and the possibility that others could be right.
Like tunnel vision, narrow mindedness and growing up with brainwashing....?
If we all could care for each other more, and tolerate, raise the young ones well, positivity and love would automatically be found amongst us naturally.
After all, all good things come from above, spiritually and naturally, meaning from those who are the leaders, who set the good examples ?
Do they/we ?
Regards to you too.

Answer 3

To a degree, being right about anything, is a matter of perspective. Its all on how you look at a certain situation. That's why a husband and wife can fight for 50 years on which way is the correct way to put the toilet paper on the roll. They are coming at it from two different viewpoints. Often, there are even more than two viewpoints in any given situation, which can make things even more complicated on who's right or wrong. Just look at jury trials. If someone says your wrong and they feel they are right about something,. The person who is "wrong" feels devalued. Both by himself and the other one having the conversation with him. It can be almost a put down, if you will,. to the other person when you feel your right about something and they are wrong. You feel smarter,, more superior,. and more powerful than the "weaker" one who has the wrong answer. We get caught up in the uselessness of it because we want to feel valued as a human being. No one wants to feel "less than" anything else or anyone else. So in that case, its just human nature. Also,, we get passionate when we feel we ARE right about something,. because its more than just the answer.. its ourselves there out on the line. Its a self-preservation thing. Depending on how its all delivered,. it can be done with love.. or malice.. telling someone they're wrong about something. And even THAT can be a matter of perspective as well. Hope this helps some.

Answer 4

I guess no one wants to be wrong even me. Although I liked how you put it out there, in those questions. It still remains in being right your viewed as wrong and wrong your viewed as right. When it comes to God and Jesus we all must submitt to his plumline as to what is right or wrong. I have did some deep searching in myself and found I am in need of Jesus for guidance. In searching my religion I found out there is a need of change. In searching the world I found that people every where has some defect that came as result from sin. Else this world should have never had any problems or woes or imperfections at all in us or in the earth. So if it is about the church then Jesus has the answer and as far as the world he is the answer.

Answer 5

an attachment to being right?
???
right to what?
2. in what useless emotion have we been caught up in?
3.honestly what are you talking about. i think as long as people could be just a tad nicer the world would be better.

Answer 6

I always want to be right!! I'm not that competitive, but when someone is right and I'm wrong, I want to jump across the table and attack them. I think I get caught up in it, because I like to prove people wrong, it's just human nature. I think it brings nothing good to this world, it just makes people cocky and arrogant. I like being right and it's just something I can't control.

Answer 7

1. Most people. I like it quite a bit, myself.
2. Because it's psychologically addictive, with the release of endorphins.
3. Probably not much. Which is why debate and mediation are much more efective at solving problems.

Answer 8

Hon.... you need to practice writing questions that don't assume people know what you're thinking. The three questions you pose, are based on something not made clear by the questions.

Answer 9

It is important to base your belief systems on correct information.

Otherwise the people at the Jones Temple might have had it correct, and mass suicide might be the way to everlasting life.

Getting things right, is very important.

Answer 10

1.I do
2. its human nature to get caught up in it
3. people who are lost in life and looking for the truth can be helped