carlos Striker

Would you rather be a believer or seeker? No switching roles at convenience.

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PJ Stein Profile
PJ Stein answered

Why can't you be both all the time?

Call me Z Profile
Call me Z answered

I’m a seeker. Belief is for those who don’t really want to know.

carlos Striker Profile
carlos Striker answered

Sound fancy?

Tom  Jackson Profile
Tom Jackson answered

In your comments, you say that believing and seeking are two different worlds.

You also suggest that if you are not a seeker, you have been brainwashed to suit some one else's agenda.

What is the point of seeking and never finding?  Seeking has an object which exists and is the proper object of study.  It's called 'truth." 

And seeking is an important part of vetting what you believe.

Brainwashing is a psychological technique and has its own ethics.  Parents routinely brainwash their children in their early education---don't play with knives and don't play with fire. 

And brainwashing frequently implies the person using the word has a negative association with religion. (Feel free to correct me if this does not apply to you.)

In the meantime, I will continue to both seek and to believe as and whenever I deem it appropriate.

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Call me Z
Call me Z commented
I like your answer Tom, but I’d like to submit that “brainwashing” (bad) and “imparting wisdom” (good) are but contrary positions on the same act.
Wouldn’t most people assess instructing children about not playing with fire as more imparting wisdom, as a function of good sensibility, than it is brainwashing, with its negative connotation?

Could we then label instruction that implores children to play with fire as brainwashing, as reason and safety would dictate otherwise?

....Unless they belonged to a sect of fire-eaters, of course.
Tom  Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
"Brainwashing" almost always has a negative connotation for anyone who hears the word. I was trying to make an impact by suggesting that a rose by any other name might smell actually smell somewhat "sweeter."

But for practical purposes, I agree.
Michael Poland Profile
Michael Poland answered

You can be a believer go on space.com

and type in A/2017u1 this is something that

came into the system from LYRA. Love to all.

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