Comments on: Everything you think you know is wrong, part VI – the grand final http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/featured/everything-you-think-is-wrong-part-vi-the-grand-final Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stinkbugprod http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/featured/everything-you-think-is-wrong-part-vi-the-grand-final/comment-page-1#comment-31 stinkbugprod Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:49:51 +0000 http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/?p=317#comment-31 Yeah, I have. Teaching does that too you. I hope it didn't sound like I was being neg. towards religious believers or faithful. I think it is completely fine and I respect it. It was that with or without faith people can be very ademant and judgmental towards others and themselves. Point being that EVERYONE benefits from a little faith, a little skepticism and a little change of heart. ; )<br><br>Yeah I can get involved in my thoughts. But you made me think isn't that the idea. Yeah, I have. Teaching does that too you. I hope it didn't sound like I was being neg. towards religious believers or faithful. I think it is completely fine and I respect it. It was that with or without faith people can be very ademant and judgmental towards others and themselves. Point being that EVERYONE benefits from a little faith, a little skepticism and a little change of heart. ; )

Yeah I can get involved in my thoughts. But you made me think isn't that the idea.

]]> By: Thomas Lindqvist http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/featured/everything-you-think-is-wrong-part-vi-the-grand-final/comment-page-1#comment-30 Thomas Lindqvist Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:34:37 +0000 http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/?p=317#comment-30 Whoa! That's quite the comment right there. This is obviously something that you've been thinking about a lot. I always tread lightly when it comes to faith, I might take issues with organized religion at times, but an individual with an individual faith is no enemy of mine. Whoa! That's quite the comment right there. This is obviously something that you've been thinking about a lot. I always tread lightly when it comes to faith, I might take issues with organized religion at times, but an individual with an individual faith is no enemy of mine.

]]> By: stinkbugprod http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/featured/everything-you-think-is-wrong-part-vi-the-grand-final/comment-page-1#comment-24 stinkbugprod Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:05:12 +0000 http://www.thomaslindqvist.com/blogg/?p=317#comment-24 This brings me back to the touchy subject of religion. Having grown up in a religious country, it's easy for me for me to relate it in this manner, despite not being a religious person myself. <br><br>Once upon a time people believed in Thor and Zeus. Then a long came Christianity and all the other modern religions and said ha ha how silly you believed in mythological gods. I instantly think, that makes what you believe in, "god", "our father", what have you, different because? Faith and devotion being the measure of how great a follower you are. How good a person you are. It's a phenomena not a truth and this devotion keeps as stagnant. Devotion should be a daily choice not a demand or a measurement. Go for it believe if it makes you feel better and gets you through life. But, be aware that it may not be a truth. In fact my bet is on it isn't. And that is okay too finding out that your beliefs have changed. It should change. <br><br>In contrast, I also find that both religious believers and the non believers look at each other with fool colored glasses. Afraid to budge in their belief systems because they identify too much with what they believe in. Making the mistake of thinking that what you believe is WHO you are, thus afraid to change their minds, their beliefs for fear of eradicating who they are. To do so would be admitting to be wrong and in the worst case realizing you were in fact a FOOL. You were FOOLED. Thus, people hold on to their worn out belief systems because they are afraid of losing themselves and they don't take on new ones, also every important, because they are afraid of standing out from the crowd and looking a fool. <br><br>This can be applied to all areas in life. People will hold on to CRAZY ideas like the world is flat because it is easier to live in denial. Other people will look down on people for entertaining CRAZY ideas because how can they be so foolish. Thus we stop ourselves through peer pressure from developing and seeing the possibilities right in front of our faces. <br><br>We should allow our beliefs and truths to be fluid. Allow them to change over time. If we do that we need not worry about living in denial or being the fool. Live a little, dare to entertain an idea, a belief, a truth, just because. The worst that can happen is you might change your mind. This brings me back to the touchy subject of religion. Having grown up in a religious country, it's easy for me for me to relate it in this manner, despite not being a religious person myself.

Once upon a time people believed in Thor and Zeus. Then a long came Christianity and all the other modern religions and said ha ha how silly you believed in mythological gods. I instantly think, that makes what you believe in, “god”, “our father”, what have you, different because? Faith and devotion being the measure of how great a follower you are. How good a person you are. It's a phenomena not a truth and this devotion keeps as stagnant. Devotion should be a daily choice not a demand or a measurement. Go for it believe if it makes you feel better and gets you through life. But, be aware that it may not be a truth. In fact my bet is on it isn't. And that is okay too finding out that your beliefs have changed. It should change.

In contrast, I also find that both religious believers and the non believers look at each other with fool colored glasses. Afraid to budge in their belief systems because they identify too much with what they believe in. Making the mistake of thinking that what you believe is WHO you are, thus afraid to change their minds, their beliefs for fear of eradicating who they are. To do so would be admitting to be wrong and in the worst case realizing you were in fact a FOOL. You were FOOLED. Thus, people hold on to their worn out belief systems because they are afraid of losing themselves and they don't take on new ones, also every important, because they are afraid of standing out from the crowd and looking a fool.

This can be applied to all areas in life. People will hold on to CRAZY ideas like the world is flat because it is easier to live in denial. Other people will look down on people for entertaining CRAZY ideas because how can they be so foolish. Thus we stop ourselves through peer pressure from developing and seeing the possibilities right in front of our faces.

We should allow our beliefs and truths to be fluid. Allow them to change over time. If we do that we need not worry about living in denial or being the fool. Live a little, dare to entertain an idea, a belief, a truth, just because. The worst that can happen is you might change your mind.

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