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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
People believe things that are wrong all the time. That isn't a matter of conscience but of ignorance or lack of education.
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Or a matter of what they are being taught simply being wrong. A good classical education included quite a bit of information that we now know to be wrong. Looking back at this era, it's very likely there will be a few good chuckles over the beliefs that we have that are equally wrong.
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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
I would imagine there were plenty of people who lived during the times of slavery in the US who grew up with slavery, accepting it without question, because of what they were taught. It was just accepted with no more thought given.
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Is a fish aware of water?
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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
I knew someone years ago who believed that a certain race had no souls. He had been raised with that "truth" pounded into his head by his father. This person was not a deep thinker, he didn't question what he had been taught. He believed error. He was sincere in his beliefs, but his beliefs were incorrect.
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Souls? What proof do we have that a soul exists? Not simply belief or faith (the dirtiest word in the English language) but quantifiable proof from repeatable experiments. And yes, I know that attempting to prove or disprove the existence of a non-material being by material data is risible.