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5. Probably, but since no one is actually given that choice it's more a rumination than a question.

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 2, 2015, 12:19 PM

Aug 2015

I think this is what he's getting at:

I'm not saying that most people run around looking for false beliefs to make them happy, and I'm not claiming that most people would cling to a demonstrably false belief just to experience positive feelings. I see it more as a matter of not questioning the beliefs one has adopted and to which one has become emotionally attached (e.g., religious dogma, political ideology, patriarchy theory, New Age spirituality, assorted paranormal phenomena).

It's akin to changing one's identity.

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Would You Rather Be Happy and Wrong or Unhappy and Right? [View all] rug Aug 2015 OP

I doubt it's as binary as that. SheilaT Aug 2015 #1

"evidence that we, our consciousness, survives bodily death isn't as strong as we'd like" Warren Stupidity Aug 2015 #8

And somebody else discovers confirmation bias. Igel Aug 2015 #2

A fine example of the maxim of relation. rug Aug 2015 #4

8th grade. 1965. Training in propoganda techniques. kwassa Aug 2015 #11

Do you think this is a serious question? Jim__ Aug 2015 #3

Probably, but since no one is actually given that choice it's more a rumination than a question. rug Aug 2015 #5

It's not a matter of rather, for me. LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #6

It is hard, if even possible, to understand what is not well defined. rug Aug 2015 #10

It is demonstrably easy to believe what is not true. LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #15

Not if you're honest. rug Aug 2015 #16

Many have been honestly misled with the best and most devout of intentions on their part. LiberalAndProud Aug 2015 #17

And that's not easy. rug Aug 2015 #18

Are we using "right" and "wrong" in the sense of moral/ethical? TygrBright Aug 2015 #7

Good distinction. My take is that he's using it as correct, not necessaily proper. rug Aug 2015 #9

What a stupid dicotamy Lordquinton Aug 2015 #12

You sound very happy. rug Aug 2015 #13

Thank you, i am generally happy. Lordquinton Aug 2015 #14

Why then wold he peddle religious privilege? rug Aug 2015 #19

I dunno, seems weird to me too Lordquinton Aug 2015 #20