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Hi J. B.,
> > I'm trying to offer JB an experience of being on the other side of
> > this kind of interaction. I gave a bunch of possibilities because
> > I'm hoping that at least one of them will trigger JB to respond
> > (internally) with something other than wanting to know more.
>
> OK. Since that was the point, I'll pick the one about becoming
> Christian. I don't like formalized religion because it breeds
> corruption; therefore, I prefer to have a less formal belief system
> that, not surprisingly, intersects with Jesus' teachings a fair bit.
> The biggest difference is that I don't read the Bible and I don't
> believe in heaven and hell.
So you're seeing "accepting Jesus" as being a formalized kind of
religion. I did not intend my scenario to recommend any kind of
formalized religion. But you don't know that. Perhaps your audience
thinks XP requires something that you think it doesn't.
Also, you see formalized religion as breeding corruption, and you
don't want that. Perhaps your audience believes that XP will lead to
some result they don't want.
> To answer your first question, the reason that I didn't respond with
> "Tell me more" is that, in this particular case, I've been down the
> road with Christianity before and it wasn't fulfilling.
So you're saying that you've already tried the suggestion, and got a
different result. Perhaps your audience thinks they've already tried
XP, or some practice (whether you'd agree that they tried it or not),
and got a different result.
> It just seemed like so many more rules.
So you're seeing the suggestion as including lots of rules. Perhaps
your audience thinks XP will constrain them in some ways, or includes
some other elements they don't want.
And your "just" tells me that you saw little or nothing other than the
rules. Perhaps your audience thinks they know enough about XP, and
sees little in it beyond some stuff they don't like.
> I took the essence of it, adopted what I liked and that's that.
Perhaps your audience has taken what they see as the essence of XP and
adopted what they liked.
> Of course, this is only because I looked into all this ten years or
> so ago. I doubt that the people I have worked with in the past five
> years saw XP ten years ago.
So you're seeing your previous explorations as being relevant as you
evaluate the current suggestion. Perhaps your audience sees their
previous explorations (either of XP or of things they believe to be
similar to XP) as being relevant as they evaluate XP.
> I see part of what my response means in the context of Ron's
> original question or comment, as I wrote in my other reply. I'm
> interested to know more about how you analyze my response.
Now you have it.
Dale
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