Sentences with phrase «irrational belief as»

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.

REBT theory emphasizes four core irrational beliefs as the cause of intense emotional responses.

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This person is obviously suffering from mental illness and yet this irrational respect that is given to «religious faith» blinds CNN to the point where they post this as «Belief» instead of on the medical page where it belongs.

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.

So I don't think that being convinced that there is no god is as irrational or arrogant a point of view as belief that there is.

The irrational form of belief is found in animals as instinct.

Disturbances in our feelings, perceptions, and action arise, to a considerable degree, from irrational and invalid thoughts and beliefs such as these: (21)

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.

(Yes, I realize that this belief is just as irrational and contra - evidence as a belief in God, but y» know what?

If belief in the atom was ever seen as «irrational» then the person who was eventually proven right must have had a better sense of the atom's qualities and function..

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..

They recognize and fault religious extremism in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and throughout the middle - east as being irrational and as blindly leading those people to support actions and positions causing severe problems... yet they don't question their own blind extremism and the obvious aggressive exploitation of their own beliefs.

We as humans often cling tightly to beliefs even with overwhelming evidence that such beliefs are completely irrational.

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.

Further, as already indicated, I would add that this second condition does not need to be met at the moment the thought is articulated; otherwise, all creative advances in thinking, which break beyond established beliefs and theory, would be discarded as incoherent and even irrational.

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.

I am Greek Orthodox and as such we do believe in birth control, but to force the Catholic Church to go against its beliefs is against Freedom of Religion in our country After giving over 1,200 waivers this administration chose to force the Catholic Church to follow its regulations is irrational.

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.

She created the contemporary cult of homebirth, brews the kool - aid and accepts no responsibility, indeed refuses to acknowledge, the many babies who have died as a result of her bizarre and proudly irrational beliefs.

In an age where religious belief is dismissed as always being irrational, idiotic or rooted in hatred, it is refreshing to see a depiction of religious belief (be it Christian, Jewish or otherwise) which recognises the good intentions of the people upholding those beliefs and the positive impact which they can have on one's character and works.

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.

This belief discourages constructive action, and can result in irrational acts by people in despair, individually, or as nations, willing to do anything to derail the juggernaut we are told is carrying us, inevitably, to destruction.

Conservatives have been variously pathologized as unethical, antisocial, and irrational simply because they don't share beliefs that seem self - evident to liberals.

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.

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Results showed that high fear of emotions and beliefs that emotions are uncontrollable, irrational and damaging are related withs specific behaviours, such as those involved in avoidant coping (i.e., behavioural disengagement, denial, substance use and mental disengagement).

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.

«I belive that unconscious thoughts, as well as negative or irrational beliefs play a dominate part in the problems we face in our lives.

My therapeutic approach consists of examining irrational beliefs and behavioral patterns, focusing on client - strengths, practicing mindfulness and emotional regulation, and utilizing creative activities such as play and arts.»

Examination was made of cognitive distortion, irrational beliefs and coping resources as individual factors, and stressful life events, daily hassles and work environment factors as environmental variables.

In fact, if you look at his original list of irrational beliefs, well, I think he called them irrational ideas in those days, some of them wouldn't pass muster as irrational beliefs now, more like, sort of, distorted influences.

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.