Part of me says don’t waste your time and part of me says we do have to engage with these people. So, I would answer their question with a
question/statement and it would be:
The only way I can answer that question is if you explain to me what you believe we already had?
If you try to answer them, without understanding their frame of reference, they have a wide open field to refute every point you make. If you know their frame of reference, then you have the ability to tick off what’s different and they can only debate on the basis of what they defined.
Part of me says don’t waste your time and part of me says we do have to engage with these people. So, I would answer their question with a question/statement and it would be:
The only way I can answer that question is if you explain to me what you believe we already had?
If you try to answer them, without understanding their frame of reference, they have a wide open field to refute every point you make. If you know their frame of reference, then you have the ability to tick off what’s different and they can only debate on the basis of what they defined.