Star-signs!

[Ramesses II]

I'm back. Couldn't resist.

It is interesting how we work. The human mind is wonderous and complex. We are full of talents. In particular we have a real talent for believing things. For some this drive to believe a belief means that belief is actually founded. Hmmm. For others, like me, this drive to believe is wonderous but also something to be suspicious of. We see shapes in clouds; we see forms in shapeless things; we see causes where there is randomness; we make connections between independent events; we believe stories that cann't be verified simply because we like the sound of the story that touches our emotions. We are so wonderful and yet, AND YET that does not make our beliefs true.

I do not believe the "beliefs" described above. Indeed I honestly believe that I am being far less ideological than those that claim to believe the "beliefs" described above. Those that believe have ideologically decided to believe and have ideologically decided to downplay rationality and "science". They claim to be open and yet they, ironically, are the rigid ones and are sadly blind. They see nothing because they only see what they wish to see. They see shapes and don't see the clouds. But what is more sad is that they see shapes but do not notice how their minds work. We are wonderous and it is worth studying how we tick. Turn the lights on. Don't live in darkness.

If you believe something, ask yourself "How do I know it is true?" If you brush this question aside as not pertinent then you are a hopeless case and are very human! We are all, in different ways, hopeless cases! Nothing personal. Just philosophy, as old as consciousness.

Here we go again :lol: :?

We're all blind in some way. Many of us don't like to admit they are right or wrong in many cases, but then again we can ask: what is right and what is wrong ? What is right to believe something and what's wrong about it. You guys don't want to believe things like that. OK, fine by me. But are you judging the people who believe in some sort of God too ? Basically it's all the same, you believe in something. Whether it's there or not. You can't judge people on their beliefs, as like in the case of religion. Take a look at both extremes : to someone Human X is mentally insane and shouldn't be allowed to walk over the street, to others that same guy is a hero. Who's there to judge ?