Wanna waste your time? Attack someones personal beliefs.

cyberjesus

I know many of us feel the strong need to share with our loved ones or with people we care the new findings we encounter day to day. It happened to me when I opened my eyes and discovered the truth about the truth.

But even after I left I continued researching and studying other topics and of course as I had new discoveries I encountered that people were not very open to hear new information that went against what they believed.

At the beginning I thought they were close minded by not listening to opposing points of view. As I continued my research I realized that their decision to defend their beliefs was the result of COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.

This phenomenom is experienced not only by members of a cult by almost all of us. It is a survival mechanism that allows us to go to bed and sleep at night without having to face our own set of beliefs.

JUSTIFICATION sets in and even facing evidence we are not able to face the facts, that is, until we realize what is happening here is a good video enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=korGK0yGIDo

cyberjesus

No wonder why WT doesnt like psychology.

Any similitude as to why Muslims believe in Allah and the flying horse?

trueblue

an elders son, not under the elders roof but he was an MS at the time and now is elder, was on the radio doing an advertisement stating to "give the gift of life donate blood generously to the local blood bank". HMM bet he was paid pretty good to justify himself for planting weeds amongst the fine seeds.

cyberjesus

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Broken Promises

Good points.

Markfromcali

There's also a big difference between a fairly neutral belief about turning some knobs and ones religious identity, which is pretty much an existential issue. That's of course where the survival aspect comes in. Rather than lying for money, buying into such beliefs has a much bigger and qualitatively different pay off in the form of self esteem and such - even if it is ultimately illusory.

sabastious

I attack your belief that attacking personal beliefs are a waste of time!

-Sab

sabastious

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE is a very uncomfortable state. Most people run for the hills when it starts to wrear it's ugly head.

-Sab

Markfromcali

People would also rather stay in their comfort zone than know the truth. Instinctually speaking it is actually unnatural for people to go against what has worked so well for them even if there is the possibility that they may be wrong. Most people probably don't even recognize when they are just trying to rationalize their existing position, which has little to do with arriving at the truth through honest examination, come what may. We're also not exactly experts at a truly interactive, participatory process. A lot of times it seems people have what I call the "I'm not sure what you're saying, but let me say what I think!" attitude, which just gets us nowhere.

So you figure if the individuals don't particularly want to be honest or aren't interested in the truth in the first place, and then there's the lack of a truly interactive conversation, then there's not much you can do with that. Once in a while you can "plant seeds" but that's about it. Most of the times the gates to the fences are locked with the sign "Private Property - Keep Out" even if occasionally the householder yells something they want you to think over the bullhorn.

cyberjesus

sab, then you just wasted your time :-)

Wanna waste your time? Attack someones personal beliefs.

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