(June 11, 2016 at 7:48 am)popsthebuilder Wrote: That's odd. I accept all of those I some extent, yet also accept the bible to some extent. Whooda thunk it?!
Quote:Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within themselves.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmen...sychology)
Compartmentalization allows these conflicting ideas to co-exist by inhibiting direct or explicit acknowledgement and interaction between separate compartmentalized self states.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
