POLARIZATION

The following is from Dr. Bob Horn's web site...Truthpizza. The link is above. I believe that being polarized is one of the major factors of the discontent in the world today. It seems that we are constantly being forced to pick a side even if we don't feel it fits. The only choice that we need to make is between Good and Evil and to make this choice resonsibly, we need to know the truth.

Polarization

An emotional attachment to one side of an issue.

A common, but very serious situation occurs when we become emotionally attached to one side of an issue. Often the problem starts because someone we respect persuades us that a particular "cause" is vitally important but threatened by sinister and corrupt opponents. We start to think of our side as good and the other side as evil. We trust the evidence for our side without questioning whether it might be faulty, and we hastily reject arguments against our position as deception by our evil opponents. It is difficult for us to evaluate new evidence fairly since we are so afraid of siding with the enemy and we hate to disagree with our allies. We might even become so emotionally involved that we feel violence or other unethical practices are justified. Many bitter political, religious, ethnic, and even family conflicts involve
polarization