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Old 01-19-2010, 07:58 PM
 
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I have often been concerned with people in authority or in positions of power that can make the accusation that you don't know the difference between fantasy and reality because you don't agree with their views or you are of a different background.

If you follow the bible and believe all of the supernatural things in it that have never been proven to be true nor is their a history of supernatural things happening...you will notice that millions of people see that as REALITY. But if you disagree with that accusations could be made against you not knowing reality and that you are just in a fantasy land. This can be used to diagnose mental disorders and what not. This problem happens contingent on creed, political beliefs, or religious beliefs.

Reality is perception and who are we to accuse others of not knowing reality and being in fantasy land. That is just absurd.
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Old 01-19-2010, 08:45 PM
 
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It also is acceptable to believe in something like the Bible BECAUSE it cannot be proven to be true or false. The Bible can also be interpreted metaphorically in order to avoid having to prove it factually.

Therefore it is safe to believe in because no one can prove it to be false.

Example, nobody believes the Earth is square. It is proven it isn't. Nobody believes dinosaurs were just a fantasy creature. It is proven it existed.
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Old 01-19-2010, 08:50 PM
 
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Sorry but I think it is stupid and fantasy thinking to believe in the supernatural.
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Old 01-19-2010, 08:54 PM
 
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I have often been concerned with people in authority or in positions of power that can make the accusation that you don't know the difference between fantasy and reality because you don't agree with their views or you are of a different background.

If you follow the bible and believe all of the supernatural things in it that have never been proven to be true nor is their a history of supernatural things happening...you will notice that millions of people see that as REALITY. But if you disagree with that accusations could be made against you not knowing reality and that you are just in a fantasy land. This can be used to diagnose mental disorders and what not. This problem happens contingent on creed, political beliefs, or religious beliefs.

Reality is perception and who are we to accuse others of not knowing reality and being in fantasy land. That is just absurd.
You trippin', man?
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Old 01-19-2010, 09:46 PM
 
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Of course not. How is religion not a fantasy LOL. Get it now?
Thanks.
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Old 01-19-2010, 09:48 PM
 
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It also is acceptable to believe in something like the Bible BECAUSE it cannot be proven to be true or false. The Bible can also be interpreted metaphorically in order to avoid having to prove it factually.

Therefore it is safe to believe in because no one can prove it to be false.
LOL. Yes, it's all made up. You can not prove the nonexistence of something, since it simpy does not exits. If you claim something exists, then the burden is on you to prove is. Can't prove it ? Dosen't exist then. Period.

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Old 01-20-2010, 03:55 AM
 
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There is no burden of proof put upon the innocent to prove they are innocent for a reason. If you did not do something, it's nearly impossible to prove you did not do it.

Similarly with faith, there is an aspect of experience happening for individuals, a relationship with a higher power, that those who do not experience it fail to comprehend. That doesn't mean that relationship isn't happening. It only means a failure in comprehension or perception. Similarly, artists see aspects of the world not obvious to pedestrians. They paint it for us and make it clear. They write. They compose. They make films. They're able to transmute their vision into something tangibly expressed in a format pedestrians can recognize.

Can we prove that 'womens intuition' is real? Where exactly is that organ in their body? Kind of like that chinese medicine reference to the 'triple heater', a vague region near the liver, but no actual organ exists.
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