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Originally posted by YouSir
Ummm.... It's actually a "quote" from Frank Herberts book "Dune".
Just sayin.......
YouSir
reply to post by megatracker
People have their own beliefs their own reality but then someone comes over and tells them they are wrong. This is exactly what happened with religion. Its causes wars, pain and fear.
Originally posted by derst1988
If you are here simply "to bring sanity" (also read as "passing judgement upon individuals character") you need to step off of the high horse.
Sane: proceeding from a sound mind : rational
Rational: having reason or understanding
You are flesh and bone, you are no better than ANY other person on this earth. just like me and everyone else, but id just bet you think your self an authority on sanity. OF COURSE YOU DO!Your ideas are, quite simply, YOUR ideas so of course they are the ones that are "sane", no? Indeed this is how the brain works.
You see, sanity is a word. Words are used to express thoughts. Thoughts are influenced by perception. Which is influenced by the inputs (information) that is relevant to you. So your idea of what sane is, is biased. Just because someone else has perceived something different than you does not make them mentally ill.
So indeed you may be correct, but so may be the OP for the simple fact that we know nothing. Only time will tell and everyone will stick to their opinions.
Especially so if they are formed from research, sanity, ignorance, and even too much arrogance.
We all can have different ideas of what the truth (at this point ANY opinion of what the truth is, is a belief) is without calling each other hurtful names.
Originally posted by Konah
Originally posted by derst1988
If you are here simply "to bring sanity" (also read as "passing judgement upon individuals character") you need to step off of the high horse.
Let me dissect your post with some rational, because speaking in Zen-like pseudo-koans doesn't make you sound intelligent, or enlightened for that matter. Check this out...
Sane: proceeding from a sound mind : rational
Rational: having reason or understanding
So, "to bring sanity" has absolutely nothing to do with passing judgement on anyone. How about, "to bring reason and understand". Is that easier for you to interpret?
You are flesh and bone, you are no better than ANY other person on this earth. just like me and everyone else, but id just bet you think your self an authority on sanity. OF COURSE YOU DO!Your ideas are, quite simply, YOUR ideas so of course they are the ones that are "sane", no? Indeed this is how the brain works.
(Emphasis added) See what's in bold; is that you passing judgement that I see?
You are misusing the word "sane" again.
You see, sanity is a word. Words are used to express thoughts. Thoughts are influenced by perception. Which is influenced by the inputs (information) that is relevant to you. So your idea of what sane is, is biased. Just because someone else has perceived something different than you does not make them mentally ill.
You started off strong here . . . but I think you are missing something. Let's go back to the (correct) definition of sanity and also the OP. There is absolutely no rationale there. He begins by talking about the Devil and fearing God, uses a piece of science-fiction as his proof, backs up his argument with a quote from David Icke (lol), and finishes off the OP by saying fear of the world ending will cause the world to end.
Are you kidding me? You think this is rational thought?
So indeed you may be correct, but so may be the OP for the simple fact that we know nothing. Only time will tell and everyone will stick to their opinions.
Folks like you are, I believe, called "enablers".
Especially so if they are formed from research, sanity, ignorance, and even too much arrogance.
The OP has absolutely no research to back it up, the stream of thought is in no way rational, and is most definitely filled with ignorance. Thankfully, he is not arrogant.
We all can have different ideas of what the truth (at this point ANY opinion of what the truth is, is a belief) is without calling each other hurtful names.
You are correct, folks can have their own idea of what the truth is - but they also might be crazy as #. Without following any logic or science, or even metaphysical proof for that matter, why would you support this and call it sane or rational? The OP is the kind of post you get when you intertwine religious zealotry with extreme conspiracy theories.
Shame on you for perpetuating this kind of stuff, conspiracy theorists already have a bad reputation for being nuts.edit on 3/28/2011 by Konah because: grammar
Originally posted by derst1988
Never did i call it sane and rational. Your credit is harmed by false statements like these. I simply stated that what we deem "sane" is potentially not correct, or actually that we are abusing its use. Friend, you take a lot out of context. I was not saying that sane meanspassing judgement. I was clarifying that this is what the person i was responding too was doing.
Originally posted by derst1988
"to bring sanity" (also read as "passing judgement upon individuals character")
He was attacking the OP for his thoughts in a mentally harmful way.
My point was simply that people who disagree with mainstream knowledge and follow the flow of progressive thinking rather than reactive, are deemed "insane" in this society.
There really is no need for this, as we know nothing, nor do we understand everything. Unless you have any absolute truths (outside of the obvious moon revolves around the earth, earth around the sun, ect) to inform me of, then my point still stands.
Oh and im not sure whether to be offended by your post or not. Zen like Pseudo koans? not sure what your getting at there, but i speak as i speak and i will not change because you have defined it.
Originally posted by derst1988
reply to post by Konah
Good to know that we will never agree on this, Truth be told, you were never invited to what i said to someone else, but ah the beauty of the public forum. At any rate, you saw his idealoigy is illogical, i see it as unbacked by hard evidence but potentially true, due to we dont know what we think we know.
Tell me, do you know how many things were once thought to be known to a fact (due to "logical" thinking), and proven otherwise.