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Shouldn't Life Be About More Than Happiness?
Forum List | Follow Ups | Post Message | Back to Thread Topics | In Response To Posted by Mario Dovalina on June 11, 2001 20:57:45 UTC |
When I was a child, I believed there were monsters living under my bed. I would hide under my blanket as a method of "escaping" from them. If I didn't see them, they couldn't see me. If I denied their existence, they would cease to exist. If I stopped believing in them, the effects they had on me would vanish. So it makes sense to say that the effects they had on me existed only in the context of my belief, namely, existed only in my mind. The issue of religion is parallel to this. Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.
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