Excess Superstition

[AYJAYDEE]

On 10/3/2018 at 12:49 AM, mauGR1 said:

I will eat my hat the day some scientist can explain me the concept of infinite.

..Not in my lifetime, i guess

he might explain it but perhaps youre not equipped to understand his explanation?

 

[AYJAYDEE]

On 9/30/2018 at 1:45 AM, bluesofa said:

Years ago I had arguments with Thais about ghosts.

I laughed at them and said if they could show me a ghost first-hand I'd give them 50,000 Baht.

 

Someone said I should go to a temple  grounds at night, and I would see one. When I laughed and asked them to take me to a suitable temple, another person chimed in: "You're a ferang, so you can't see the ghosts!"

Difficult to argue with that face-saving logic.

 

Another person said, "That's easy. Sit alone in a room at midnight, peeling an apple in front of a mirror. You will see one then."

The girl didn't talk to me for days after I laughed at her.

 

do you laugh at christians when they tell you about the resurrection?

 

[mauGR1]

6 hours ago, AYJAYDEE said:

On 10/3/2018 at 2:49 PM, mauGR1 said:

I will eat my hat the day some scientist can explain me the concept of infinite.

..Not in my lifetime, i guess

he might explain it but perhaps youre not equipped to understand his explanation?

 

Yes, maybe, but i will try.

[bluesofa]

7 hours ago, AYJAYDEE said:

do you laugh at christians when they tell you about the resurrection?

 

Yes, I laugh at all man-made superstitious rubbish.

[KiChakayan]

I think that in many circumstances they use superstition to manipulated us. They don't believe an iota of the absolute crap they are feeding us, but they hope the good Farang, out of respect for their fake beliefs, will let himself be steered in a direction that beneficial to them.

In the OP's case they probably got a lot of free beer.

 

[AYJAYDEE]

3 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

Yes, maybe, but i will try.

but will you eat your hat if you fail?

 

[AYJAYDEE]

2 hours ago, KiChakayan said:

I think that in many circumstances they use superstition to manipulated us. They don't believe an iota of the absolute crap they are feeding us, but they hope the good Farang, out of respect for their fake beliefs, will let himself be steered in a direction that beneficial to them.

In the OP's case they probably got a lot of free beer.

 

you think thais made up a belief system just to manipulate a few  has been foreigners?? lol

[mauGR1]

2 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

but will you eat your hat if you fail?

 

Sure, i will send you a postcard too

Any other questions ?

[AYJAYDEE]

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, I laugh at all man-made superstitious rubbish.

have many friends?

 

[AYJAYDEE]

1 minute ago, mauGR1 said:

Sure, i will send you a postcard too

Any other questions ?

yes, what kind of hat?

 

[mauGR1]

1 minute ago, AYJAYDEE said:

yes, what kind of hat?

 

An edible hat, of course

[Esso49]

10 hours ago, AYJAYDEE said:

do you laugh at christians when they tell you about the resurrection?

 

And like Bluesofa I too think it is rubbish but I don't laugh at the resurrection mumbo jumbo,  I just pity you and your ilk for believing such garbage.   But what really cracks me up and it is always a good laugh is when those catholic idiots in the Philippines  volunteer for some masochist to nail them up on a wooden cross every year.  Stuff for BDSM forums that is ????

[AYJAYDEE]

15 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

An edible hat, of course

 

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, AYJAYDEE said:

4 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Yes, I laugh at all man-made superstitious rubbish.

have many friends?

Those who can think for themselves, usually.

[tingtongtourist]

Do you think this is mumbo jumbo?

 

Jesus:  the Sun aka "Son" of God.

 

Mary:   the moon.

 

12 Apostles: the 12 signs of the Zodiac.

 

Angels: The angles of the stars and constellations

 

 

[bluesofa]

23 hours ago, AYJAYDEE said:

 

A member of the pie-in-ear corps, I presume?

[bluesofa]

12 minutes ago, tingtongtourist said:

Do you think this is mumbo jumbo?

Jesus:  the Sun aka "Son" of God.

Mary:   the moon.

12 Apostles: the 12 signs of the Zodiac.

Angels: The angles of the stars and constellations

Yup.

I know, let's make up a story to fit real life:

daylight - that's when god is awake, looking down on us.

night-time - when god's asleep, so we have to be more careful as he can't see us so well.

Perhaps I should get pat. pending for that nugget?

 

As L.Ron Hubbard said, before he invented scientology: "The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion." Worked well for him.

[AYJAYDEE]

On 10/26/2018 at 10:12 PM, bluesofa said:

Those who can think for themselves, usually.

= those who think like me!! lol

[Nyezhov]

I was raised to beleive:

 

1. You dont diss anyones mother

2. You dont make fun of other peoples religion

 

Those two things help make a happy life.

[owl sees all]

7 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

1. You dont diss anyones mother

2. You dont make fun of other peoples religion

"Mum?" "Yes dear, what is it?" 

 

"Well i've never ridden a horse and I'm a bit worried." "Why is that dear?"

 

"At the mosque this morning they said if you are a good Muslim you go to heaven on a winged horse." "Not to worry dear. Now eat up your sugar-puffs."

[Sattar]

Sometimes superstition helps us to get rid of unwanted moments in our lives. I am a superstitious person and I believe that you need to follow this or that advice.

[MrMuddle]

On 9/30/2018 at 12:44 PM, unamazedloso said:

absolute insanity. my neighbours are alot like this. Not a brain between them and they think we're evil because we dont believe in bs.

Due to this we are outcasts. Its a good thing because I dont want in a crazy cult. Maybe they will start sacrificing people soon.

No prizes for guessing who will be top of the list !  lol

[poanoi]

the spirits demands that you get a bj asap

[owl sees all]

3 hours ago, Sattar said:

Sometimes superstition helps us to get rid of unwanted moments in our lives. I am a superstitious person and I believe that you need to follow this or that advice.

You will be pleased to hear that Asia Bibi has just been found 'NOT GUILTY' in the appeal court.

 

Of course it didn't stop the religious (superstitious) nutters keeping her in solitary confinement for the best part of 10 years.

[attrayant]

On 9/28/2018 at 9:43 PM, mauGR1 said:

There are many forces and energies in the nature , which are obviously invisible to the physical eyes.

 

The words "force" and "energy" have specific meanings.  Using them in figurative ways, as you are doing, does nothing to explain or justify any appeals to superstition or the supernatural.

 

On 9/28/2018 at 9:43 PM, mauGR1 said:

To dismiss anything which we cannot see as "superstition" is not correct.

 

To unquestioningly accept anything that goes against the known physical laws of nature is foolish.  Just because we don't understand everything in the universe does not means you can substitute ghosts, fairies and deities as the gap-explanation.

[attrayant]

On 9/30/2018 at 1:19 PM, mauGR1 said:

suppose we talk about "feng shui", it's a real thing for so many people

 

If something is real, it's real whether people are there to believe it or not.  Suppose every person disappeared from the face of the Earth tomorrow.  Would feng shui still be a real thing?

[attrayant]

On 9/30/2018 at 2:06 PM, mauGR1 said:

Feng Shui is still popular for rich people in rich countries like Japan among others

 

 

Sorry if it seems like I'm picking on you, but you've provided a lot of fertile ground for discussion.

 

That some belief is popular does not mean it's correct.  I hope you agree with that.  If our understanding of reality worked that way, all we'd need to do to label any idea as correct would be to get enough people to agree with it.

 

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Western writers write and sell books about it.

 

Hmmm... believe something because somebody wrote a book about it?  There are tons of books on astrology, but many of them disagree with each other about how it works, and how to interpret the signs.  How do we ascertain which of these "western writers" is correct?  There's got to be a way.

 

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Interesting stuff, not only for uneducated people.

 

Rich people ≠ uneducated people.

[attrayant]

On 10/1/2018 at 10:44 AM, Nyezhov said:

I find that religious folks and superstititious folks are very at peace with themselves. 

 

Of course.  Ignorance is bliss.

 

 

[mauGR1]

10 minutes ago, attrayant said:

 

Sorry if it seems like I'm picking on you, but you've provided a lot of fertile ground for discussion.

 

That some belief is popular does not mean it's correct.  I hope you agree with that.  If our understanding of reality worked that way, all we'd need to do to label any idea as correct would be to get enough people to agree with it.

 

 

I am happy to discuss everything, unfortunately i don't find it very appealing to discuss on a internet forum.

But i can tell you that, if thoughts are real, every thought is real, and it exists in some way.

If only physical matter is real for you, then , let's not waste more time.

[attrayant]

5 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

 

But i can tell you that, if thoughts are real, every thought is real, and it exists in some way.

 

Thoughts are real but they are also subjective, like ideas and emotions.  Also, many thoughts are real but untrue.  If I think that, when I let go of this stone it will fall 'up' to the ceiling, my thought is real but it is clearly an error and I can discover this by simply experimenting with the stone.

 

Just because we have a real thought does not mean we have a correct, factual thought.