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Originally posted by Enemyc0mbatant
Are we as a species really that weak as to take what we are told as truth and if anyone stands up and disagrees they are ostricized? I mean what is the matter with people?
Originally posted by HumansEh
Originally posted by Enemyc0mbatant
Are we as a species really that weak as to take what we are told as truth and if anyone stands up and disagrees they are ostricized? I mean what is the matter with people?
Sums up most world religions very well. The belief of a mob spreads through conformity and fear of breaking from the herd. Fear of being exiled from our tribe is a very ancient and powerful social control.
We aren't described as sheeple for nothing!
Originally posted by Expat888
just what is truth ?
truth is subjective in a world of lies...
for all the claims of wanting truth people get angry / afraid when confronted with truth...
let them find it on they're own... or not .. as the case may be...
Me.. Im going fishing .. alot more constructive than sorting through the lies people claim to be truths...
Originally posted by samstone11
reply to post by Jepic
I must respectfully disagree. I don't think we have ever had a democracy in the U.S., or at least not in my lifetime, so it hasn't failed. To your point, however, whatever we do have certainly has failed the masses, if not TPTB. Which brings a new question: how would we ever know if they were telling the truth and how would we know if those pulling the strings failed at whatever they have been trying to do?
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Who would "they" be?
If you were told the "truth" would you recognize it?
Who's to say that you haven't already been told the "truth"?
This is like asking how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? The first thing you have to know is "what defines an angel".