@roundsquare Perhaps it’s a pushing through combined with a perspective of “forgive them Father for they know not what they do”, which to us certainly appears like arrogance.
Parents aren’t being arrogant when trying to show guidance to their children. Children often think parents are old and don’t know what their talking, yet parents persist because they understand children don’t know any better.
People with limited perspectives see things in “black and white”, right and wrong, my way or no way. Speaking from personal experience, I don’t know how many times I knew I was absolutely right to discover later I was absolutely wrong.
Things aren’t always what they appear. It would take the ability to grasp all perspectives before a person comes to realize the right and wrong, better and worse, good and bad are merely humanities tools to maintain order.
As it should be. But if the circle we all stand in represents Truth, yet each of us look in a different direction, we’ll all have different perspectives.
But we’re still looking at the same thing…it’s ALL Truth.
So everyone is right from their unique perspectiv; but to maintain harmony we must play the game of good and evil.
All this threatens to veer off into a meriad of anger, confusion, argument and unproductive nonsense. About the best thing one could do is live your Truth the best you can…or as The Serenity Prayer says:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.