Anthony Robbins: “Any belief I hold I call it a lie to remind myself it might be false”. Can religion agree?
Any and all beliefs exist for creation of experiences, or experiences are at least a byproduct of them.
Beliefs are limiting factors, just like not having enough specific knowledge in an area will prevent you from being able to be employed in that area (i.e. You cannot be employed as a Mechanical Engineer without the equivalent of a Bachelor’s Degree)
Beliefs help you interpret (draw meaning from) your observations and input of senses, stimulated by the universe around us (or matrix supercomputers ;-). Why not make the best meaning you can?
They are an algorithm/automated program of the mind, helping you make choices that affect the outcomes of/create results in your day-to-day life.
I have found, however, that people who submit their ability to reason to the belief system of someone else (i.e. book/manifesto; The Bible, The Koran, The Book of Mormon, The Communist Manifesto, etc), are submitting themselves to a belief system that might not be true, and is almost absolutely unreliable/untrue.
How then, can you simply accept it as fact without thinking for yourself? Although, I suppose, my belief system is as good as yours. But why do people go around trying to shove their belief system down other people’s throats? (or in ears, rather) Because it’s part of their belief system to do that, as a way of perpetuating and expanding that belief system!
How’s that for trying to control the masses/population?
Isn’t religion just another fear tactic, a primitive form of government?
You laugh at a caveman who believed the dinosaur-god would destroy earth if he didn’t pray every day and make human sacrifices at night, and yet you do very similar things!
Case in point: Why would you choose to believe one of any number of 300-5000 year old books/belief systems/manifestos, when you can actually fix the world by changing it to a set of beliefs that will help IMPROVE the world, instead of destroy it with intolerance, hatred, and hell-bent distruction and tribulation?
And why is it that the modern man still believes earthquakes are an act of God? How primitive your beliefs are my good man! (or woman, respectively, even though most religions don’t respect women)
“I don’t think you understood your own quote !!
It is a denial of the mind to reach Truth. That’s it, a bald unsubstantiated claim — to be accepted as Truth (ironically).
You deserve to fall for that, because it also misses the point that the Will is involved.”
I did notice that, that is why I call his philosophy a lie too. =D
He also pointed out that you can choose to believe whatever you want, but why wouldn’t you choose to believe in something that empowers you so you can will things into existance?
You would, from my viewpoint/belief, except that you fear the consequences of making your own choices and being responsible for them, ultimately because religious dogma [imo, once again] has provoked you to fear something that might not even exist.
I don’t believe living in fear, under the power of a possibly imaginary thing or being is how I should live my life.
“It might not work for you, but it works for me! and it just don’t make sense to me”–Toby Keith
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