(November 13, 2012 at 9:21 am)Daniel Wrote:No, as pocaracas stated, people don't brainwash themselves; it was done by your parents or other authority figures. At first, you believed what you were taught to believe. Now, you reinforce the delusion yourself. You disbelieve every other religion, yet you willfully suspend disbelief in christianity.(November 13, 2012 at 9:14 am)Strongbad Wrote: Long ago, christianity was forced upon me. Fortunately, the brainwashing didn't stick. You, on the other hand, were not so lucky.Yeah I'm convinced I'm brainwashed. Who brainwashed me? Did I do it to myself?
Quote:I never claimed that you didn't have "freedom of thought". You are free to believe any stupid shit you want.
(November 13, 2012 at 9:21 am)Daniel Wrote: I tend not to believe the stupid shit, but thanks all the same for the kind invitation.
One man's stupid shit is another man's "faith".
"If there are gaps they are in our knowledge, not in things themselves." Chapman Cohen
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