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Originally Posted by Chrysaetos
Of course we are free to believe, but I also like to show you that there are other and better explanations.
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Chrysaetos--
"Better" is your interpretation, not everyone's. There is a point at which the skeptic could be given "indisputable proof"...but would find other explanations. Even for those who aren't skeptics, each person has a different "set point". Some can have 999,999 "coincidences" and not until the millionth will they open their mind to some other explanation. Everyone is different. You are free to believe what you want.
BTW---There is a school of thought that says that beliefs are just thoughts you think a lot. Our societies, and science, have drilled certain repeated thoughts so frequently that you are considered unbalanced to not have the same beliefs--repeated thoughts.
Once you have a belief, you attract others who think like you, you see "examples" in what you perceive. It is --and I hate to say this New Age-y thing--Law of Attraction. You will get confirmation of your beliefs, no matter what they are.
Or, put another way, whatever you believe--is right!
The key is to allow leeway for those things which don't quite "make sense"--so that there is the possibility of change of beliefs. Otherwise, you are a closed vessel, only allowing thoughts/beliefs like your own in.
Sorry--just philosophical meandering --that will only be valid for those who already
believe those things!
Namaste
Lora