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RE: Shift of truth
December 14, 2013 at 12:46 am
(December 14, 2013 at 12:04 am)rasetsu Wrote: (December 13, 2013 at 11:57 pm)Beccs Wrote: Whereas I've encountered many atheists who have said they'll start believing in a god if shown conclusive proof. They might not worship (who, after all, could worship the god of the OT?), but they will believe.
In all fairness, that's a relatively safe wager for the atheist to make, given the likelihood of ever having to pay out in terms of belief.
Agreed. But I guarantee the atheist would be true to their statement.
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RE: Shift of truth
December 14, 2013 at 12:56 am
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(December 13, 2013 at 10:08 am)feeling Wrote: Did any of you seen anything like this before?
She basically believed something and if anything conflicts with it no matter how convincing and how much evidence backs it up she will reject it as a lie.
It is something called
cognitive dissonance. It is where someone would rather believe a lie than the truth because the lie provides comfort whereas the truth removes the comfort.
(December 13, 2013 at 10:08 am)feeling Wrote: Also the biggest reason she believed the bible were "small signs" from god. She had small events happening in her life and she somehow connected those events to the christianity. What is that all about?
It is all about self-delusion, thinking if the wind blows in a certain direction at a certain time that it
must be a divine sign. Some people will delude themselves into seeing signs in the most mundane events if it supports their self-delusions.
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