Belief to me means creating a assumption on the bases of observation one took of his or her surroundings, without attempting to further analyse and questioning those assumtions by reviewing the factors with influenced the assumptions creation aswell as the factors wich created the circumstance\s or object\s one makes a assumption of. I do have a bunch of assumtions in my head. I do believe that the conservative catholic\greek orthodox influence in southern europe plays a importent role in the recent financial decline in those countries. But I dont take those for facts, aswell as I always underline my assumptions\beliefs to be assumtions\beliefs and generaly try to get from assuming something to knowing something through getting facts to eigther proove or disproove that assumption.
When one thinks magic underware will protect him from fire, without testing that by burning those clothes, that`s not a assumption nor belief to me, it`s just ignorance and stupidity and a hopless case of a individual, sunk in selfdenialism, wich holds his worldviews upright.
To but it like in the youtube vid "Atheist bitchslap". "Belief means thinking something is true without evidence, and I dont do that, because it is stupid."
So can I control my beliefs? Well I can certainly attempt to proove or disprove them in a honest way. And if your ready to do that, and if no; why, are the more importent questions.
When one thinks magic underware will protect him from fire, without testing that by burning those clothes, that`s not a assumption nor belief to me, it`s just ignorance and stupidity and a hopless case of a individual, sunk in selfdenialism, wich holds his worldviews upright.
To but it like in the youtube vid "Atheist bitchslap". "Belief means thinking something is true without evidence, and I dont do that, because it is stupid."
So can I control my beliefs? Well I can certainly attempt to proove or disprove them in a honest way. And if your ready to do that, and if no; why, are the more importent questions.
