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I expect it is a typical human failure to believe that those who do not believe what WE believe are less intelligent. Inescapable isn't it?

What we believe is SUPERIOR to what those who disagree with us believe. If it weren't we wouldn't believe it. Period. End of story. So if what WE believe is SUPERIOR then of course that means WE ARE SUPERIOR. No brainer.

Those who are religious believe they're hooked in to something bigger and better than those who don't. Those who don't believe in anything but what they can access with their 5 senses believe life is random with no purpose no specific destination and no meaning and think of  those who believe otherwise as irrational or child-like and "less than".

Inescapable? I dunno. What do YOU think?

Posted - September 17, 2019
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  • 6023
    I think it's a learned behavior, like most else.
    Everybody believes what they do because that's what they've been taught to believe.
    A few people are also taught to continue searching for information ... most people are taught NOT to question what they believe.
    This is especially true for religious and political beliefs.  But it's also present in scientific / historical beliefs.
      September 17, 2019 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I wonder how many people eventually reject what they were taught to believe early on Walt?
      September 19, 2019 4:13 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Jesus asked that those who nailed Him to the cross be forgiven for "they know not what they do."

    I do a similar thing finishing with for "they know not what they say."

    Both crucifixion and the lack of education that produces erroneous opinions are equally damaging to both human life and the quality of that life.
      September 18, 2019 1:05 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    You used a critical word. OPINIONS. OPINIONS are not facts tom. Therefore what you think is an erroneous opinion may not be erroneous at all. It is just based upon what YOU OPINE if it doesn't track.

    Now an ERRONEOUS FACT is an oxymoron to me. If it is erroneous it isn't a fact. If it is a fact it isn't erroneous. Granted EDUCATED and INTELLIGENT OPINIONS may be more near a truth than not. But there is no guarantee that any opinion is going to always be valid. Opinions are temporary. They change when FACTS are evidenced. Let me give you my opinion which I believe you share. GOD exists. Now what scientific irrefutable proof do we have? Some make fun of those who believe in what they perceive to be just a childish fantasy. NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE. OPINIONS VARY AND CHANGE. So if our opinions are alike about something that's swell. But that does not guarantee they are reflective of a TRUTH. Did I beat that horse too much? Thank you for your reply. My opinions are always short-term, temporal and sometimes as I am stating them they are changing. That's how OPINIONS are. Mercurial.
      September 19, 2019 4:22 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Opinion---a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

    Fact--- a piece of information presented as having objective reality     (Second definition---so a fact that is not true because it does not have objective reality can be referred to as an "erroneous fact;" but your point is well taken.)

    If I say 1 + 1 = 2, that is both my opinion and an unassailable truth.

    If I say 1 + 1 = 3, that is both my opinion and an unmitigated error.

    When I post my opinions, my intent is to post the truth, not error.

    When I disagree with the opinion of others, it's because I find error or misinformation in those opinions---in that their opinion does not correspond to that which exists in reality.  

    I am personally convinced that truth exists and is the proper object of study.

    The Correspondence Theory of Truth-->   https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth-correspondence/  


      September 19, 2019 12:22 PM MDT
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