When we hear someone speak and we disagree with what is being said, we are saying, in essence, that the speaker is wrong. It is our responsibility, as Christians, who ought always to strive to love our neighbor, to understand the source of that error (either his in speaking or our mistake in hearing him) and respond appropriately. We must never attack, belittle or demean someone else for an error, logical, presuppositional or otherwise, for what we perceive as an error in the speaker, may be an error in our hearing/understanding.
This is especially true when we are hearing someone speak from a different worldview. In this case, there are surely presuppositional differences, of which, neither we nor they may be aware. Humility is the key, as one should always be growing in understanding, therefore one will be wrong at various times. As we grow in understanding, we ought to grow in humility, for we ought to be repeatedly seeing our errors.
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