Comments | meet_my_fists: Are beliefs ever justified?

str8uppunkbitch in meet_my_fists

Are beliefs ever justified?

Aug 06, 2005 23:14

Ok, this is much better. First, i would like to continue our discussion on beliefs, but i would also like to present some other questions that may or may not help with the original discussion ( Read more... )

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the_finest_line August 7 2005, 05:18:11 UTC

OMG! Neil, splendid question. I have this movie that is called What the Bleep do You Know? (actually it is Catty's) but she let me borrow it, and it is a really indepth look into things like that... You'd probably really enjoy it...

the_finest_line August 7 2005, 05:18:42 UTC

Wow, that sounded harsh or something, but I mean, there really is a movie, hahahaha!

str8uppunkbitch August 7 2005, 12:01:52 UTC

Lol, yea, I had already spoken to Catty about the movie in another thread. Id love to see it when ur done.

nthsholyreality August 7 2005, 14:54:41 UTC

Hey, Neil, I don't want to argue anymore, cuz I already said what I had to say, and for some reason, I always come off as sounding like a conceited know-it-all, so I'm just going to let what happened happen and try not to be so self-rightious. I do want to apologize if I offended you or anyone in any way. I always try to have an open mind, but sometimes my opinions come off sounding as if I am not open-minded.

I'm just going to quote a guy named Bill Hicks, who was this philosopher/comedian. I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything you have said in this thread, but am merely trying to bring some humor and insight into your first question (about what reality is). I just found this quote funny and interesting.

"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is mearly energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather." -Bill Hicks

nthsholyreality August 7 2005, 14:55:35 UTC

That bolded part was the part that I found could offer some support about you questioning what reality is.

Acid kills... sonofglory August 7 2005, 16:53:08 UTC

"we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively,"
Can you please define this consciousness? It's kinda vague.

"Life is only a dream and we are imaginations of ourselves."
I would like to ask if this is your reality.

sonofglory August 7 2005, 17:22:56 UTC

I was also thinking, if reality is only whatone imagines it to be, then would matter not be energy condensed through a slow vibration, but merely a figment of one's imagination?

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str8uppunkbitch August 7 2005, 20:55:40 UTC

I want to add to my original post that "belief that" must be prior to "belief in" since it would be foolish to believe in something without any sort of source of truth. Surely no thinking person should "believe in" something if he or she has no reason to "believe that" it is. Who would march down a church aisle and say "I do"(belief in) before a congregation if he has no evidential or rational grounds for "believing that" someone he loved stood next to him at the altar?