Posted on 02/05/2015 4:55:46 AM PST by SJackson
While human beings are the most intelligent of all animals, we also use that intelligence to fill in the gaps when we don’t have the facts, or even ignore the facts if other elements are more powerful.
So often people start from a conclusion, and create an intellectually-built array of facts and arguments to prove that conclusion. Meaning that big, beautiful brain works extra hard to come up with “logic” that proves what it feels is true.
The emotional part of us rules the intellectual part unless we’re consciously aware of it and strive to think clearly and without bias.
We SHOULD be more like Spock from the original Star Trek series.
Somebody post the gif of the Bear doing his business in the woods.
Inbreeding, combined with adherence to the fanatical ravings of their perverted “prophet”.
Why do half of Americans think that Islam is a religion of peace? That’s far crazier.
One may as well ask the question why do Liberals and Obama voters believe crazy things because the answers would be about the same.
The media over there must spend a lot of time on damage control, but apparently it isn’t convincing everyone. According to Moody Bible institute, 9-11 and other terrorists acts against other countries can cause trouble back home. “[W]hen Muslims saw the events of 9/11, many of them realized they were seeing the true Islam and now they are ready to want Jesus.”
http://www.moodymedia.org/articles/resurgence-islam-response-church/
Hell, half the people on FR seem to think that vaccines are evil. Who knows why people believe crazy stuff?
Inbreeding
The overwhelming majority of Palestinian Arabs believe that Israel carried out the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, according to a new poll. Although at first blush one might be tempted to chuckle and turn the page, in fact the poll is not merely a curiosity. It has significant implications for the chances for Middle East peace.There are non-Arabs and non-moslems who believe it as well -- they are called the 'American' Left.
As with any group of people, multiple factors contribute.
I think that a lot of it is just fierce partisanship - they don’t care if it is true or not, they just want to say whatever they think will most hurt the people they hate.
It is the old question of fool or knave, to understand why someone does something bad. Some have been fooled, but others are purposely lying.
The Palestinian population has been deliberately agitated to a high degree of emotional partisanship for a long time. It is like rooting for a sports team - not a rational exercise.
Most are well aware that many of their political and economic advantages have come from media manipulation. Spreading lies is an easy, low cost way to attack, and may result in rewards.
Also, they live with violent gangsters, and are always under threat of death if they are suspected of being supporters of the other side. So people learn to make vehemently partisan politically correct statements in public and to strangers, just to play it safe. Telling the truth can be a very high cost mistake.
Why? Because they are insane. They are immersed in a psychotic religion and culture, founded by an epileptic pedophile, and continued after his death by his lieutenants and their successors. Why else?
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