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Perspective and Belief

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Perspective and Belief
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RE: Perspective and Belief
December 18, 2011 at 4:47 am
If you tear it all away to each persons beginning, it would be perspective. As babies we saw the world as new and vulnerable beings, dependent on older people for everything, including what we come to know and believe. It is perspective that gives birth to each person's original beliefs. When a child asks a question, and they are told an answer, they believe it. They believe it because of their perspective as dependents. Evolution by natural selection has programmed this into our DNA, which is why we are here today. We are born with a perception to believe what our parents tell us.

As we grow, does that change? Maybe?
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Perspective and Belief - by Perhaps - December 18, 2011 at 3:31 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Godschild - December 18, 2011 at 4:06 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Erinome - December 18, 2011 at 4:47 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by fr0d0 - December 18, 2011 at 7:10 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by The Grand Nudger - December 18, 2011 at 10:59 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by fr0d0 - December 18, 2011 at 4:11 pm
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Ace Otana - December 18, 2011 at 4:20 pm
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Perhaps - December 19, 2011 at 12:36 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by helmespc - December 19, 2011 at 12:40 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Perhaps - December 19, 2011 at 12:44 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by helmespc - December 19, 2011 at 12:47 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Perhaps - December 19, 2011 at 12:49 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Godschild - December 19, 2011 at 2:00 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by The Grand Nudger - December 19, 2011 at 1:49 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Perhaps - December 19, 2011 at 2:14 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by genkaus - December 19, 2011 at 4:31 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by The Grand Nudger - December 19, 2011 at 2:07 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Hoptoad - December 19, 2011 at 4:22 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by KichigaiNeko - December 19, 2011 at 5:41 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by Hoptoad - December 20, 2011 at 4:33 am
RE: Perspective and Belief - by The Grand Nudger - December 19, 2011 at 11:06 am

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