Respect means the willingness to learn from those with whom you disagree, not merely agreeing to disagree amiably. In a respectful learning climate different styles, perceptions, and interests get heard without being cut off or put down. Personal agendas, peer pressure, special interests, and deeply held beliefs get spoken, even vehemently, but cannot determine the outcome. The heat can rise without destroying one another. People can bat heads together on any issue without it degenerating into a war.
War is always the result of the loss of mutual respect.
No single perception has a corner on God s will. The level road is paved with the rules of mutual respect. A basic rule of respect is not to seek advantage over, but clarification of, opposite views. Then wait for clarification. When positions stand or fall on their own as individuals take responsibility for their own perceptions, quality decisions become the norm.