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Originally posted by AthiestJesus
I do not believe i will be hurt if i am shot.
I do not believe the sky is blue.
I do not believe water is wet.
I do not believe these things as i know them to be fact . That has nothing to do with a belief system , just observation and a logical thought process.
Originally posted by AthiestJesus
I do not believe i will be hurt if i am shot.
I do not believe the sky is blue.
I do not believe water is wet.
I do not believe these things as i know them to be fact . That has nothing to do with a belief system , just observation and a logical thought process.
Originally posted by undo
so how are you observing there isn't other dimensions and beings from other dimensions? as an example.
just curious where you draw the line, cause everyone draws it at a different spot
Originally posted by BO XIAN
reply to post by AthiestJesus
Actually, a logical case could be made that psychotherapy is a cult.
Thomas Zsasz comes to mind.
www.psychotherapy.net...
And psychotherapy has been used in Russia and somewhat in the USA to imprison enemies of the State.
Sometimes, in keeping with the mentality you espouse--Christians have been imprisoned for their BELIEFS by psychiatrist stooges of the State.
Quite in keeping with the assertions of the OP.
Originally posted by AthiestJesus
reply to post by BO XIAN
Hitler ... it was stalin earlier ..... what will you compare your mental image of an athiest to next ?
(he was religious BTW)
If you think that knowledge and beliefs are the same thing you need to do a little more reading .
Attacking me
- claiming im attacking you
- and brown nosing the mods will get you nowhere here
, i am not an irrational child like yourself
so you will not see me buckle infront of a wall of ignorant text.
Originally posted by BO XIAN
reply to post by AthiestJesus
I'm fairly sure that the line between belief and knowing differs with each person and often enough each issue . . .
but in terms of pain . . .
You are treating as an absolute certainty that if XYZ (gun, knife, fall, scalpel, arrow . . . whatever) occurs, is used . . . that 100% of the time pain will result.
That's not true with leprosy.
SOMETIMES, it's evidently not true with ET activities.
And, it can be untrue with certain types of hypnosis with some individuals in some situations. Some have even undergone major tooth extraction or surgery under hypnosis--not registering the pain.
So your KNOWING in such situations or matters could easily turn out to have been
a WRONG BELIEF.
However, when Christians BELIEVE that a world cabal of globalists is engineering genocidal efforts against them, it is a reasonable BELIEF because the folks with the power, money and means have DECLARED that's what they WILL DO.
.
Thou Shalt Not Kill ----- ring any bells? .
Dude .... the christians have the money wealth and power .... power they got from dominating the globe by force ..... what are you babbling about ?
and Christians are not under the law.