Good point... I have always been annoyed by the religious hijacking of the word «truth» to help provide a false buttress
for irrational beliefs.
Those leaders of the USSR and China killed their citizens
for an IRRATIONAL belief that was POLITICALLY based.
Not exact matches
WLC especially provides solid, rational arguments
for belief in theism and, in my opinion, demonstrates exceptionally well how
belief in a God is not at all
irrational.
Your need
for «meaning» does not justify
irrational «
beliefs» in anything.
A «
Belief Blog» is an ideal forum
for the illumination of
irrational beliefs and the lies of Christianity's champions.
No surprise that already fully indoctrinated members of the priesthood, like Lemaître and Jaki, should pursue the study of science
for the express purpose of trying to promote a semblance of consistency between their
irrational beliefs and the realities of science.
A person that does obviously doesn't weight evidence or use logic and precedence
for their personal
beliefs, so it is not so far - fetched to have an
irrational atheist become a theist (also
irrational) after having a so - called «spiritual experience.»
For myself my
belief in God and most specifically in Yahweh and Jesus Christ His Son is honestly the purely
irrational nature of both of their claims.
It does make
for some
irrational and nonsensical
beliefs.
If you merely have a lack of
belief that Bigfoot is real (you do nt make the claim «Bigfoot does not exist»), why would you consider anyone that does believe in Bigfootto have done so
for completely
irrational reasons??
In line with the premise of continuity, if
belief as an operative principle
for the achievement of the future appeared in man as a «rational» or human act, it must somehow be already in the past, but in an
irrational form.
He is unable to give a datum
for his
belief in God — hence,
belief seems
irrational to reason.
That would actually be one of the kinder ways to describe a person who believes that other people deserve to be punished
for ever just because they don't share the same
irrational belief system.
For example, you would consider that Buddhists have
irrational beliefs and I'm not aware of any great terrorist action they have done.
I don't talk about it a lot because rather than exploring
belief and how I came to believe it, I generally just get bombarded by both atheists and Christians (primarily, though other theists have bashed me too)
for being
irrational and stupid and other less interesting insulting things.
Thus, on an ancestral chain model, no one could literally be faulted at time t2, later than t1,
for holding to an
irrational belief at t1.
That's what makes it rational
belief, as opposed to religion, which is
irrational belief,
for none of it's claims have ever been demonstrated or verified.
When those same people are clinging to their antiquated
beliefs as justification
for imposing
irrational legislation that affects everyone else in the country, you bet we should care what other people believe.
For the record, don't believe in any religion and don't attempt to pretend I know the secrets of the universe, but I also try hard to not belittle those with
beliefs, no matter how
irrational I find them.
While I agree, I'd offer that more important to the sustainability of religion is the promise of immortality (
for the small price of
irrational belief).
Just as plenty of religious folks can be quite rational when it comes to economics and decisions about their work,
for instance, atheists can hold
irrational beliefs in other areas such as politics, and social values.
SOGI laws impose this orthodoxy by punishing dissent, and by treating as
irrational the
beliefs that men and women are biologically rooted and made
for each other in marriage.
Of course —
irrational belief systems allow
for anything, because there are no logical constraints.
It was the fear that there was no other life
for me beyond the one that I had grown up in, the
irrational belief that what being poor makes you feel is actually what you are.
Society allows
for people to stick to
irrational beliefs, and then it's not going to be possible in practice
for followers of a
belief to stop extremists.
Belief in the paranormal and its association with
irrational thinking controlled
for context effects.
Given the widely known challenges to accurate assessment of teachers using value - added methods, it is my further
belief that the absence of any way
for a particular teacher to challenge a VAM score on an individualized basis is
irrational.
In this interview Rauschenberg speaks of his role as a bridge from the Abstract Expressionists to the Pop artists; the relationship of affluence and art; his admiration
for de Kooning, Jack Tworkov, and Franz Kline; the support he received from musicians Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Earl Brown; his goal to create work which serves as unbiased documentation of his observations; the
irrational juxtaposition that makes up a city, and the importance of that element in his work; the facsimile quality of painting and consequent limitations; the influence of Albers» teaching and his resulting inability to do work focusing on pain, struggle, or torture; the «lifetime» of painting and the problems of time relative symbolism; his feelings on the possibility of truly simulating chance in his work; his use of intervals, and its possible relation to the influence of Cage; his attempt to show as much drama on the edges of a piece as in the dead center; his
belief in the importance of being stylistically flexible throughout a career; his involvement with the Stadtlijk Museum; his loss of interest in sculpture; his
belief in the mixing of technology and aesthetics; his interest in moving to the country and the prospect of working with water, wind, sun, rain, and flowers; Ad Reinhardt's remarks on his Egan Show; his discontinuation of silk screens; his illustrations
for Life Magazine; his role as a non-political artist; his struggles with abstraction; his recent theater work «Map Room Two;» his white paintings; and his disapproval of value hierarchy in art.
Even if I am fully aware of the conflicts inherent in the
irrational arguments
for things like God, Country, or finding a «soul mate,» I feel like any good faith investigation into these
beliefs must acknowledge that the vast majority of humanity really does believe, or at least wants to believe, in romance and myths.
So what is the rationale
for holding onto this
irrational belief that is without a valid premise?
Unfortunately, it is blocked by ideological
beliefs and
irrational radiation phobia and has been
for 50 years.
Wouldn't it be better to do the rational analysis first, and then secondly consider the constraints that are caused by politics, public opinion, public paranoia about nuclear power and catastrophic climate change and
irrational beliefs about what is best
for the environment?
GM technologies have the potential
for massive improvements in survival and food security of the worlds poor and I really wouldn't like to see these activities curtailed to suit the
irrational beliefs about GM of some rich westerners — who aren't threatened by starvation.
A bit of radiation does you good, certainly no har, up to 400 tims theevcuation evels that we can prove epidemiologically, but
irrational fear and old hypothese that are just wrong keeps disproven
beliefs as the basis
for regulation and officials in hazmat suits waving meters where in radiation levels people all around the world live out normal lives in.
Clients are often taught how to more effectively relax, how to fashion realistic goals from their own needs and desires, how to journal to promote emotional growth, how to compartmentalize grief, how to confront and replace automatic
irrational beliefs, how to use autosuggestion
for shifting emotions, how to manage situational cues to influence their emotional states, and many other self - management strategies.
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irrational beliefs / In - between / Including families / Inclusion / Independent living / Independent living skills / Indications
for treatment / Individual and residential treatment / Individual antisepsis / Individual demands / Individual differences / Individual experiences / Individual recognition / Individual sessions / Individuals and groups / Indoor noise / Indulging the deprived child / Inner pain / Inner world / Innovative book / Insecure attachment / Inside kid / Institutional care in Germany / Interactive learning / Intercultural relationships / Interest contagion / Intergenerational programs / Intergenerational theory / Intergenerational work / Internal / external control / Interpersonal dependence / Interpersonal responses / Interpretation as interference / Interpreting behaviour / Interpretive systems / Inter-staff relationships / Intervention environment / Interventions / Interview / Intimate familiarity / Introducing supervision / Intuitive decision - making / Investment in relationships / Invisible suffering / Involvement of families / Involving families / Involving young people / Irish view /
Irrational acceptance / Isibindi project / Isolation rooms / I've been an adult too long
The session introduced the need to plan ahead
for «difficult» situations in which toddlers are likely to misbehave and offered alternatives to common «
irrational beliefs» by parents that can lead to harsh parenting.
The need to plan ahead
for «difficult» situations where toddlers are likely to misbehave was introduced, along with alternatives to common parent «
irrational beliefs» that can lead to harsh parenting.
Costing a then - record - setting $ 1.8 billion in early 2007, the building would later become a symbol
for a period of
irrational exuberance in U.S. real estate, where a
belief in forever - climbing rents sent values soaring.