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.
AAthiest —
how is your «societal obligation to curb
irrational thinking» (your
beliefs no God) different from a religious person's «societal obligation'to «proselytize» (their
belief in God)?
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.
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.
I think the harmful «moral absolutism» is in fact coming from people with
irrational beliefs that mainstream climate science must be wrong because A) it runs counter to their religious
beliefs (the «God wouldn't let us screw things up» camp, who like to say
how we're too small and insignificant to actually affect Earth's climate) and / or B) it runs counter to their political
beliefs (in that they think environmentalism = liberalism, and that liberalism = the evil commies) and / or C) it runs counter to their fundamentalist
belief in the transcendant wisdom of unregulated markets («get government out of industry's way and everything will be allright!
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.
Romeo and Juliet was originally written as satire to represent everything that's wrong with young love and
how irrational romantic
beliefs can make you do stupid shit like drink poison because your parents don't like some girl's parents.
Romeo and Juliet was originally written as satire to represent everything that's wrong with young love and
how irrational romantic
beliefs can make you do stupid s — like drink poison because your parents don't like some girl's parents.