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How to handle ideological dominance in small discussion groups

Three of us have been meeting to discuss spiritual and philosophical questions, but one person keeps bringing everything back to their specific religious framework in a way that shuts down other perspectives. I value their insights but I'm starting to dread our conversations because it doesn't feel like genuine dialogue anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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One person's attachment to their worldview has begun to constrain the intellectual freedom that made the group valuable for everyone else.

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