Armageddon: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

[michaelsherlock]

How can any self-respecting human being believe in any form of religious apocalypse??? Then again most of the same people that believe in such a thing also believe in souls being tormented and tortured for eternity.


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Holy fuck religion is some pessimistic shit.....

I think the answer to your question may be related to the fear of the unknown. Uncertainity can do some pretty dramatic things to the human mind in search of quick relief.

As Jiddu Krishnamurti once said:

What is important is not what you believe but only why you believe at all. Why do you believe? And what difference does it make to what actually is whether you believe one thing or another? Facts are not influenced by belief or disbelief. So one has to ask why one believes at all in anything; what is the basis of belief? Is it fear, is it the uncertainty of life - the fear of the unknown the lack of security in this ever-changing world? Is it the insecurity of relationship, or is it that faced with the immensity of life, and not understanding it, one encloses oneself in the refuge of belief? So, if I may ask you, if you had no fear at all, would you have any belief?

Jiddu Krishnamurti. The Urgency of Change. Harper and Row. (1977) Pg. 99