(July 17, 2012 at 12:54 pm)Annik Wrote: Kind of. Cognitive dissonance is more referring to reconciling our denial, rather than the denial itself. Very, very similar, but not the same.
Well, you learn something new every day.
(July 17, 2012 at 12:54 pm)Annik Wrote: While on the topic of CD, religion requires a fair bit of it. I think the moderate religious person has the most, because they will accept their religious dogma and simultaneously accept things that work against it. Reconciling the two must be a source of great mental discomfort, which is where CD comes into play. While the person with massive amounts of CD isn't really lying in the traditional sense, they are being dishonest.
I might have contested the idea that moderately religious people tend to have the most CD, but while thinking about it I had a thought come to me; I hypotheized the devout would have more CD seeing as they were constantly reminded of the flaws in the Bible, but there is another term for those who believe two contradicting concepts, isn't there? An internal type of denial where the denier isn't aware of the contradiction?
Doublethink. I did end up remembering it.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
