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Mnemonic
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Date: August 04, 2012 09:02AM
What keeps coming to my mind while reading this thread is "take two asprin and call me in the morning." Many problems resolve themselves with time. Other, more serious problems, may require lots of therapy and hard work on the part of the person who is sick or injured in order to get well. If you take two asprin and wait til morning and then feel better was it the asprin or the time that made you feel better? You may conclude it's the asprin but in reality it was the time. You assumed a connection where none existed. Also, was your doctor a genius for telling you to essentially wait til tomorrow and see how you feel or was he just using a common trick of the trade?
After posting my comments I realized I hadn't directly responded to your questions so here goes:
> Is it possible to relieve your symptoms after having an especially convincing religious experience? Then as soon as you let your guard down mentally it comes back?
Absolutely. The mind is very powerful. People can be seriously injured and not even notice because of the adrenaline in their system. It is only later, after the adrenaline has worn off, that they notice the pain.
> Then I realized, why does our faith in something make it true?
Faith in something doesn't make something true. It is a logical fallacy.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-belief.html> Shouldn't truth just be AS IS whether we believe in it or not?
I think so. Believing you're immortal will not make any difference if I chop off your head. You will still be dead.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/2012 09:30AM by Mnemonic.