Recent questions tagged beliefs

Description : Do you get offended if your sacred cow is attacked?

Last Answer : I get triggered, but not really offended. And if it’s been repeatedly attacked, I get used to it and reduce my rage to an inner eyeroll.

Description : How can you say something does or does not exist if you don't have proof?

Last Answer : answer:We cannot be definitive, perhaps, but we can look at the evidence. We cannot say for a certainty that Santa Claus, leprechauns, or an invisible pink unicorn do not exist. But we have no compelling evidence to make us believe that they do. The same methods can be applied to ghosts and gods.

Description : Karma - who believes in it?

Last Answer : Underneath it all, I probably don’t believe in it – but I sure hope it exists.

Description : Has a ask-public question, answer, or pm ever caused you to seriously reconsider some of your beliefs?

Last Answer : No. I know what I think and why….and have for a long time.;)

Description : Do you have to believe in yourself before you can believe in anything else?

Last Answer : Yes. Ultimately the only person you have to answer to and live with in life is yourself.

Description : What do you believe?

Last Answer : I believe that Amy Winehouse would have sung that new James Bond song 10 times better than Alicia Keys. But unfortunately she was too busy smoking crack to care.

Description : How would you try to convert someone else?

Last Answer : I don't try to change anyone's core beliefs. If they express interest, then I will share with them some of my beliefs and answer their questions about my beliefs. I will also ask ... leading them to the thoughts or feelings they experience. Nothing else would ever work without resentment and doubt.

Description : Why do people place significance on dreams?

Last Answer : Because they're significant? Freudian psychologists are interested in a patient's dreams. Not all psychologists are. Dreams are usually unconscious constructs of thoughts that you had while awake (even fleeting ones ... dying. Sometimes it's cultural (as in the dream scene in Fiddler on the Roof .

Description : What do you think of this statement? You are always 100% responsible for what you do.

Last Answer : I think it's true. Now the consequences of your actions should be flexible and take in to account circumstances such as lack of mental capacity and being under influence (although this should make the consequences ... a toy on the railroad that caused the train to derail and kill 100's ..type thing.