What have you found to be the most peaceful and productive way to handle a disagreement with another person?

Communication is the key. Without it, we might as well go back to the cave man era!.

Reason and common sense. Other folks might not like to hear it, but truth stands up for itself. Many times in my life things come around. Old timers used to say, "the proof is in the pudding" which means the ultimate outcome. Things may take years to unravel or truth might be long in coming out, but rest assured especially if you are a person of faith, most folks cannot argue with truth as it unfolds. Reason leaves irrational emotions behind. It always produces positive results eventually and the affects are always there by way of enlightenment.

If we cannot agree and both have had a chance to explain their veiws, I say we will have to agree to disagree. I leave with no angry feelings and thinking that I have done my best to share what I thought, and given the other person the respect to do the same. My dad used to say, "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink." Everyone will not agree on everything. It is just one of those things in life you have to accept.

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Recently I had a Muslim try and convert me. Every time we spoke all he could talk about was Islam. I listened politely and said that I would not be converted but if he wished to just "talk" we could do so and that was that.

Agree to disagree. No one will ever agree completely with another person on every single matter in life.

In His Love,

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It's important not to assume beforehand that one person is right and the other wrong, or that widely different views must be mutually exclusive. Go into any discussion with a attitude of respect, commonality, and compromise.

With my fiancee, it usually starts out with a discussion. If things get heated, I just look at him and say "I refuse to participate in this argument any longer. I'll be back in a few minutes." And I go for a drive to let things cool down a bit.

good answers. I'd say I'd find something to agree with even if I could not agree with their point, at least I could maintain the affinity. That reflects in some other answers here. No real example off the top of my head, however.

Pray. Talk things out. However, if the person is hurting another I do confront. God takes it from there.

Well with my husband,i just wrap my arms around him cover his mouth with my hand and say shhhh..I love you and you are so handsome and so on,,,and then i kiss him and he forgets what the disagreement was lol. works every time.

The answers are a varied as the subjects of such disagreements