RE: Ever Feel Guilty?
February 26, 2014 at 4:39 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2014 at 4:40 pm by Napoléon.)
I think I know what you mean. In a way, you want to show them the brilliance of the actual universe they are living in, rather than the fantasy they delude themselves into believing. Problem is, (like you said) many people aren't prepared for it, and when they do start trying to think rationally about what they believe they can tend to feel a lot of despair and negativity. I guess if you start questioning someone else's beliefs in person, that in and of itself is quite a negative kind of conversation to have.
Personally I don't have these conversations with people all that often, but I do occasionally challenge people when I feel it's appropriate, but I'm not all that good at debating myself. My parents try to dodge the subject as much as possible. It's almost like they get deeply offended whenever I make a point about religion, or believing in general. Like I'm in some way insulting their intelligence. It's hard to explain to people, I'm not insulting their intelligence, I'm trying to get them to actually use their intelligence and think about what it is they have accepted as true for the entirety of their lives.
Personally I don't have these conversations with people all that often, but I do occasionally challenge people when I feel it's appropriate, but I'm not all that good at debating myself. My parents try to dodge the subject as much as possible. It's almost like they get deeply offended whenever I make a point about religion, or believing in general. Like I'm in some way insulting their intelligence. It's hard to explain to people, I'm not insulting their intelligence, I'm trying to get them to actually use their intelligence and think about what it is they have accepted as true for the entirety of their lives.
