Sidney Lambe
2011-05-29 16:58:02 UTC
When you encounter someone who claims to know ho reality really
works, they will usually try to get you to read a book or watch a
video.
You should not do this. Bercause the fact is that anyone can come
to believe almost anything if it is repeated enough times with
conviction.
They will also try to isolate you from your ordianry life, so
that you are surrounded by people who believe whatever their
'holy book' teaches. (Or their interpretation of it...) and
symbols of those beliefs.
Don't allow them to do this, either.
What you want to do is examine their basic ideas from the vantage
of your current cultural reality. Ask simple questions and demand
simple answers.
Because the fact is that you will always have to take their
word for the supposed Truth of whatever they believe. Even with
Physical Scientists, all you ever have is someone telling you
that someone smarter than you and in a far away place and/or time
proved it: Trust Me.
Bullshit. I trust my own experience and compare any _theories_
against it. If my experience contradicts it, then it's history.
If my experience doesn't corroborate it, then it may or may not
be true. I can pretend to believe it if I need to, but tha's as
far as it goes.
A billion people can believe utter nonsense with all of their
hearts, just like an individual.
works, they will usually try to get you to read a book or watch a
video.
You should not do this. Bercause the fact is that anyone can come
to believe almost anything if it is repeated enough times with
conviction.
They will also try to isolate you from your ordianry life, so
that you are surrounded by people who believe whatever their
'holy book' teaches. (Or their interpretation of it...) and
symbols of those beliefs.
Don't allow them to do this, either.
What you want to do is examine their basic ideas from the vantage
of your current cultural reality. Ask simple questions and demand
simple answers.
Because the fact is that you will always have to take their
word for the supposed Truth of whatever they believe. Even with
Physical Scientists, all you ever have is someone telling you
that someone smarter than you and in a far away place and/or time
proved it: Trust Me.
Bullshit. I trust my own experience and compare any _theories_
against it. If my experience contradicts it, then it's history.
If my experience doesn't corroborate it, then it may or may not
be true. I can pretend to believe it if I need to, but tha's as
far as it goes.
A billion people can believe utter nonsense with all of their
hearts, just like an individual.
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Sidney Lambe / Evergreen - usenet4444 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Solitaire Wiccan Priest - Spellsinger Wicca
http://tinyurl.com/63zc9bh - http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
All will be well. All manner of things will be well.
Sidney Lambe / Evergreen - usenet4444 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Solitaire Wiccan Priest - Spellsinger Wicca
http://tinyurl.com/63zc9bh - http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
All will be well. All manner of things will be well.