surewhynotlem

@surewhynotlem@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a big difference between having no doubt, and thinking you’re infallible.

  I believe if I drop something it will fall to the ground because objects with mass produce gravity. It may be that some other completely different force is at work, besides gravity. But I don’t believe that to be true. But if there is evidence that it is true, I will change my mind.

  A good way to check if you believe something is to look at how you act. You see the cat, you act like. It’s a cat, you believe it’s a cat. If you see the cat, and hesitate and doubt, then you don’t believe it’s a cat. You may do some thinking and then determine it is a cat, and start believing it. And then you will act accordingly.

  And that’s why funerals disprove religious belief. If people truly believed in their religion, and believed in the afterlife, funerals would be happy not sad. But they don’t believe in their religion. They hope that they’re right. But they don’t believe it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry if it seems flippant, but I’ve been down this discussion before. Done the research before. And I’ve come to conclusions already taking into account what you sent. A quick Google of “what religions believe other religions are right” would get similar results.

  The end result is: all religions make up their rules. It’s just people finding ways to live with other people. There’s nothing in them that isn’t explained easily by reality, or disproved easily by saying “no it isn’t”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to be. I learned a lot about a lot of religions. I was seriously Catholic for 18 years. They all have a dogma that their believers don’t follow well. They’re often internally inconsistent in their rules. They don’t get us new knowledge or truth or understanding of the universe.

  If you objectively look at religion and how it’s used, it seems to be a convenient way to keep sociopaths under control (threat of a punishing father figure), a way to cope with mortality, and a way to funnel money and accomplish social goals. They had interesting uses in the past as forms of local government and keeping people from killing each other. They’re often used by horrible people to enhance their power and abuse others.

  But today what’s the point? Get a hobby, join a club, follow the laws, and accept that death is the end.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  A realists accountability is to reproducibility and observability.

  But if you can believe anything, and that makes you happy, then good. I personally believe red is green and drive how I like. Sure I’ve killed a few people, but that’s in reality so I don’t believe it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So Hindu believe that the alien worshipping death cult that thinks all Hindu should die is as true as their own religion? That doesn’t seem right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can believe that, then you can believe anything, and you’re one good conversation away from being manipulated and used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Citation needed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If there is uncertainty, there is not belief. There is hope.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If you believe that, then you believe you do not actually know the truth. But only an interpretation of what might be true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you’ve just talked yourself into a circle. You can’t both believe something and doubt it. Doubt is the opposite of belief.

  What you’re talking about is possibly belief in belief. That’s the belief that you should believe, or belief that you do believe. That is not the same as actual belief.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You can respect someone and still think they’re wrong. Just like I respect you right now.

  But if you truly believe in your religion, then you must believe that other religions aren’t right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s why you shouldn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i was asked to undress and get on all fours on the couch, is that common? (newbie job seeker here)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s very common. There’s a whole series of shows about it.

  I think the show is fairly popular, there’s lots of episodes, but I only ever watch the first 2 minutes or so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone know where I can buy or get books by the pound to start a new library for our local jail. To help them read and prep them for a GED?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly? Go on Facebook marketplace or the buy-nothing groups. Tell them you want free books. People have piles of books in their houses they just don’t care about. I’ve got a ton of kids books I want to give away. And I could part with a bunch of my adult ones too.

  But shipping is expensive. So you’ll want to look local.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haha yes society is great⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you grow an anarchist?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unconventional strategy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem with believing in gods is that you think you are right. That makes other people wrong. And so it begins…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the guys in the club were respectful despite my tits being fully visible, was pleasantly surprised ngl⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Every social media site has celebrities. I’m very happy with the quality of ours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmyshitpost lately⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  She does seem extremely picky.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reporting an absence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “poke them right in the butthole.” -My inner demons

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨planned date fell apart so i'm going clubbing wearing a see-through bra as a top with my girlfriends instead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Daaaaaad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨impossible⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying that we old people can’t be ridiculous hornballs? Once my hip gets fixed I’ll show you how wrong you are

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be possible to have a successful career as a lawyer and never lie?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In that case, no one can ever tell the truth. Because you can never know what thing you’ve accidentally left out might be considered relevant to the person you’re talking to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨love venn diagrams🫶⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you have love and sex but not friendship, that’s just chemical addiction to your own hormones. Leave that relationship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Western Imperialism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “I learned it from you, Dad!!!” - US to UK

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This helps me sleep. Does this sound pleasant to listen to if someone was snoring like this in the room with you?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Impossible to tell. I might just have my speakers up.

  But it makes me anxious when people breathe funny

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This helps me sleep. Does this sound pleasant to listen to if someone was snoring like this in the room with you?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That would not help me sleep. I would be on Amazon ordering a CPAP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I blame Obama⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We changed DST to steal an hour from them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy international women's day⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Figures they’d schedule it during DST. Women only earning 23 hours this year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i have a fantasy of marrying a divorced dad and being the young cool stepmom⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously. I read the image and immediately knew the source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨happy international womens day💜⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  checks who is posting

  Ah.

  I think if you find someone like that you’d literally have no time to leave the house.