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The Not-so-elephant In The Room
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RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room
(December 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: How do you cope with the fact that most people believe in magic, fairy tales, mystical creatures(e.g.God) and so on?

Unless they stick it in my face, I don't have to cope with it at all. When they do, if it's a personal action, I can smile and blow them off, or I can tell them I'm faithless, or I can tell them to get away from my doorstep.

(December 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: How do you explain it?

People want answers to all questions, even when answers aren't available; at that point they make them up.

(December 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: How do you think this belief in the supernatural affects the world, other than the obvious violence and divisiveness, aversion to science and rationality that it so often spawns? Do you think belief in a deity or in other such fantasies defines a person's mindset beyond these superficial qualities it inspires in some people of faith?

I think some people rise to their faith and become better people for it; I think others use it to support their basest emotions. I don't think belief or non-belief defines a person's mindset, because compartmentalization is a fact. Some scientists believe in god(s); some theists accept evolution, for instance.

(December 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: Do you think there will ever come a time when it's not considered normal, or sane for that matter, for a person to hold such beliefs and how and when would you say that could happen, if you do?

I don't know.

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The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 5:49 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Amine - December 10, 2015 at 6:05 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Minimalist - December 10, 2015 at 6:19 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 6:25 pm
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RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 6:58 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Whateverist - December 10, 2015 at 7:12 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Thumpalumpacus - December 10, 2015 at 9:34 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Minimalist - December 10, 2015 at 9:44 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 9:50 pm
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RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 6:37 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Napoléon - December 11, 2015 at 5:15 am
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Losty - December 11, 2015 at 2:48 am
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RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Catholic_Lady - December 10, 2015 at 6:26 pm
RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 6:29 pm
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RE: The Not-so-elephant In The Room - by Excited Penguin - December 10, 2015 at 6:49 pm
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