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Yup. How common it is to see the finger pointing and hear "oH yOu'Re nOt rEaLly ChRisTiAn yOu'Re hErEtIcS yOu'Re iN a cULt..." And on and on. My grandfather's church thought ALL other churches were WRONG, and of COURSE his church would be dismissed as a cult, not for its cult like qualities...

Are you serious? Consider the magnitude.

Not so fast - G-d could have been using the royal we, as some say, or G-d could have been speaking to the Divine Council or the angels, as others say (I don't have references on hand, I could look for them if needed)

You have it wrong. People don't trust its errors, what they TRUST is the scientific process that allows errors to be identified and corrected.

They believe in the original G-d. Or concept of G-d. Christian theologians added the idea of the trinity etc.

How do you ascertain this? I don't agree. There is only one G-d I cannot prove this, but if nothing else many religions assert this... then they go ahead and describe G-d differently, because they do not understand because they cannot understand. Who can understand G-d. Everybody gets it wrong...

While it may seem like obstinacy, it is just as likely their new experiences just don't convince them of a new perspective. Maybe something would, but the experiences they have had did not.

I agree

Or something in your words was involuntarily convincing to her, it provided perspective she had never been exposed to before.

Probably before my time?

I agree.

This sounds like something my mom would have said. 😌

Well, sort of. He chose the information diet based on pre-existing beliefs. If you choose to take in a lot of opposing viewpoints, especially from an extreme opposite point of view from your own, you won't necessarily become indoctrinated to that POV. You may just be stressed and angry all the...

It would be interesting if you started a thread- or maybe in this thread? posted some examples of how you interpret passages of the bible that you read 'differently' than - than whom? orthodox Christians I suppose, or differently than orthodox catechisms or theologians Who is "y'all?" orthodox...

Or, for any issues related to the US Constitution and possibly many other constitutions around the world: Does this community in any way shape or form violate the Constitution or does it violate anybody's Constitutional and/or human rights with its actions?

I notice he zipped right past Phineas Gage, and minimized how radically Mr. Gage's personality and behavior was said by his community to have changed - "Gage was no longer Gage" is the oft-repeated quote. https://www.verywellmind.com/phineas-gage-2795244 Though this source claims "Everything...

I have long thought that some people manage to reconcile their beliefs in some fashion. I was always interested in that.

Plus I'll try again

Dang. That's why I posted the identifying stats in the post also, which I will re-post here In case the video doesn't play on our site The Science Asylum Schrodinger's Cat is Nonsense. Always Was 3 weeks ago Length 6:43

Beliefs and feelings tend to be involuntary - being convinced something is true is not something we can force or fake. Imagine if I told everybody I was 200 years old. Nobody could believe that by choice. We can choose our actions.