Why not believe it's better than what other people believe?Surely some people are wrong. As an outsider I think I can definately say some beliefs reflect more of reality than others.
The problem is the group. Once you identify yourself as part of a group there's always conflict. You're also always trying to pull the people you like into your group so you can be more comfortable with them.
(The problem is the group. Once you identify yourself as part of a group there's always conflict. You're also always trying to pull the people you like into your group so you can be more comfortable with them.
hanke murphy, I'm a mess,
Sat 12 Aug 2006, 10:13,
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The group mentality and implications of religion are two pretty huge factors, yeahthough to be honest I feel nobody has even 1/100000000th of the full picture.
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Sat 12 Aug 2006, 10:24,
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it's not just group mentalityit's if there were no "jews" and no "muslims", if we all weren't insulating ourselves into our safe little groups, there could be no conflict. You can't have conflict with out two different parties. If we were all just human beings, we wouldn't kill each other, because we'd be killing ourselves.
( hanke murphy, I'm a mess,
Sat 12 Aug 2006, 11:15,
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