Sentences with phrase «irrational belief»

Atheism UK's ultimate goal is the end of religious faith the false and irrational belief that God exists and of religion, the social manifestation of faith.

But underlying the cryptocurrency mania is an irrational belief that threatens the whole financial system.

I'd say a lack of skepticism at this level is actually a sign of irrational belief in the ability to predict what can't be predicted.

So what is the rationale for holding onto this irrational belief that is without a valid premise?

«Global warming» is an irrational belief whose proponents demonstrate no interest in examining scientific evidence that may prove their beliefs incorrect.

There is an irrational belief in the corruption of the world by big money headed by a shadowy cabal of Jews, or at least some big money bankers with hooked noses if you can't quite bring yourself to attack Jews.

Finally, all parties involved shared an irrational belief that home prices would continue to appreciate into infinity.

This common, yet irrational belief is completely wrong.

Part of what's behind this seemingly irrational belief may lie in what's called implicit social cognition — the deep - rooted assumptions we all carry around, and may act on without realizing it.

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.

Of course — irrational belief systems allow for anything, because there are no logical constraints.

ATHEISM: The irrational belief that there was once absolutely nothing.

Maybe not a «cult», but atheists sometimes have the irrational belief that everyone who doesn't believe what they believe is irrational or evil.

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).

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.

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.

You seem to «privilege» your sense of rationality and logic — and cast the irrational and illogical (probably not analogical because you may incorporate analogy into your sense of «logic» but it's illogical, descriptively) I actually see my rationality and logic (such as it is — hardly syllogistic) as always in the service of my attitude, outlook, frame of mind — which is to say, my illogical and irrational belief & bias system — and my unconscious, of which my consciousness is merely tip - of - the - I's berg, or as some linguists said: a snowball on the tip of the iceberg.

Finally, the entire planet is affected by the irrational belief systems of the various mainstream religions.

The entire planet is affected by the irrational belief systems of the various mainstream religions.

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.

As another example, atheists have an irrational belief that the God of Abraham does nt exist, they have governments controlled by their atheists leaders (China, former Soviet Union), and an uneducated population living in poverty, and I'm not aware of them killing over 100million people in the past 100 years alone..

Those leaders of the USSR and China killed their citizens for an IRRATIONAL belief that was POLITICALLY based.

If you cling to the irrational belief that it's the literal word of a diety, and you read it and actually decide you want to follow it, be self - aware enough to understand when rational people question your morality and intelligence.

However, seriously underweight anorexic patients who see themselves as obese are not treated with weight - reducing liposuction by physicians who go along with their irrational belief.

On another note if I make up my own stupid, irrational belief system do I get to write about it on the front page of a «news» site too?

the entire planet is affected by the irrational belief systems of the various mainstream religions.

Lol, Marky, your irrational belief is kooky (and you know it) so you'll talk about anything but that, won't you?

«He has nothing but phony and nonspecific evidence to support his irrational belief, which runs contrary to the stunning number of verifiable counterfactuals.»

I do not care one iota if you like what I write or say about your irrational beliefs.

When Christians or Muslims kill in the name of their religion, that is indeed IRRATIONAL and the result of the IRRATIONAL BELIEFS in «God».

Only IRRATIONAL BELIEFS lead to a person wanting to kill people.

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.

John I don't know any atheists who believe in ghosts, leprechauns, Nostradamus, faith healings, astrology, or any other irrational beliefs, but I do know plenty of Christians who do believe in such things, so I can't say that we're as prone to irrational belief as you claim.

we're human... we're irrational to the core... nothing you can do about it unless you want to become inhuman... don't like irrational beliefs?

, fine, but I guarantee you that you have other irrational beliefs....

Intelligence is not a barrier to holding irrational beliefs.

I do care if those irrational beliefs are used to discriminate against others.

Blast: honestly, we're using reason and rational thought to convince someone to abandon their ridiculously irrational beliefs.

Yes, it's harmless to nobody else until you act upon those beliefs and, unfortunately in this country, irrational beliefs are being enacted every day causing a lot of misery.

For example, you would consider that Buddhists have irrational beliefs and I'm not aware of any great terrorist action they have done.

The 9/11 terrorists had just delivered a devastating and violent example of what irrational beliefs can drive people to do.

========== Atheists are on this board all day every day with one basic message: «people that believe in the God of Abraham are stupid» (the nice version is «people that believe in God are engaging in holding rational and irrational beliefs simultaneously, but we wont call them «stupid»)», and you never see this kind of outpouring of incensed righteous indignation from Christians.

Good point... I have always been annoyed by the religious hijacking of the word «truth» to help provide a false buttress for irrational beliefs.

He's not the one trying to force irrational beliefs on society.

Another risk is biblicism, a kind of absolutization of the authority of the Bible that leads to irrational beliefs and actions.

No amount of patient explanation will help rational people to adopt irrational beliefs.

@ > Mr.N... I'm not hung up on attacking, but I DO have my reservations about those with irrational beliefs.

If these topics are also based on irrational beliefs in mythical beings, yes.

Religionists need to spend more time in therapy, working on their irrational beliefs in the supernatural.