Gentlemen; as you read through this thread; you may easily ignore pages 151 and 443...
Posted on 07/31/2014 11:11:43 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
Why not; we have a medical bear...
The Mormons seem to be right about one thing, they believe the Catholics and protestants are the whore of Babylon.
They should have included the Mormons but in that sense they are just like all of the other religious institutions, they are not about to admit it.
Incidentally if I was not aware of the great whore of rev 17 and if I did not see religion as an evil I would most likely be drawn to the Catholic or Mormon religion rather than the protestant.
Men tend to drawn to a bunch of rules and regulations.
If there aren't enough to satisfy them; they'll just make up more!
Men tend to drawn to a bunch of rules and regulations.
By the same token if you believe in religion why would you not choose the most religious church?
I do not believe in religion so that is why I would not choose the Mormon or Catholic church.
Women are too easily deceived.
Actually I was just revealing my opinion of the protestant churches, many of them believe the Catholic is the great harlot of rev 17 but at the same time too stupid to realize they are her daughters.
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Yes, I do have a problem putting my thoughts into words at times.
It’s because we can think MUCH faster than we type.
It’s because we can think MUCH faster than we type.
No one has ever corrected me for misspelling a word when I’ve been talking...
We men, however, as not so easily fooled; but when we are; it's usually by a woman!
We men, however, as not so easily fooled; but when we are; it’s usually by a woman!
Rationalization is such a good thing ...
Rationalization is such a good thing ...
November 15, 2007. Psychologist Ray Hyman tells the story of how he got interested in the psychology of self-deception. He was a college student, earning money as a palm reader. He'd read several books on the art but didn't believe any of it. He got so much positive feedback from his customers, however, that he started to think that maybe he did have psychic powers. The self-deception didn't last long, however. In an interview with Michael Shermer, Ray explained:
The late Stanley Jaks convinced me to do a palm reading on someone and tell them the exact opposite of what I would normally say. So I did this. If I thought I saw in this woman’s palm that she had heart trouble at age 5, for example. I said, “well, you have a very strong heart,” that sort of thing. In this particular case, though, it was really spooky, because she just sat there poker faced. Usually I get a lot of feedback from the subject. In fact, I depend on the feedback, and this woman was giving me nothing. It was weird. I thought I bombed. But it turns out the reason she was so quiet was because she was stunned. She told me it was the most impressive reading she had ever had. So I did this with a couple more clients, and I suddenly realized that whatever was going on had nothing to do with what I said but with the presentation itself. This was one of the reasons I went into psychology—I wanted to find out how it was that people, including myself, could be so easily deceived. In fact, this is one of the reasons why I am not as confrontational as Randi, because I actually see that “there but for the grace of God go I.”
It turned out, Ray found, that it didn't matter what he told them, his clients would figure out a way to make him right. Ray would later become an expert in understanding cold reading and subjective validation, the words we now use to describe the process of making claims with no basis in fact or study and having them validated as true by others. As a palm reader, Ray had become an adept cold reader, assisted by the efforts of his customers to selectively ignore his errors and misses and to focus on items they could make sense out of or give meaning to. As Ray notes, his clients wanted him to succeed in his reading and they would do everything in their power to help him.
lifted from: http://skepdic.com/refuge/funk58.html
I once knew a fellow who was into psychology and was also a hypnotist and was known to be a good one.
He indicated to me that the reason he did not make it a profession is because as far as he could see the only one he could help by it was himself.
HMMMmmm...
I’ve always thought most ANYONE could be helped by a second opinion.
I’ve always thought most ANYONE could be helped by a second opinion.
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