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        8 months ago

        Depends. If I also suffer such delusions, like MANY people do with religion because we’re all human and have similar profound experiences… then yes, I might actually be inclined to believe you if I didn’t have a critical mind able to parse through all your claims.

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            8 months ago

            It’s nice to pretend emotion isn’t a significant, if not majority factor in peoples’ decisions, but you’re just deluded if you think even rational people don’t fall for less obvious tripe all the time.

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                8 months ago

                Religion. Cults of personality. Political parties. Advertisement campaigns.

                Just look up what’s happening with the Stanley cups right now… Look how the Jews in New York reacted to their illegal excavation getting shut down (oh, what a surprise!) Look back on how crazy the US was after 9/11. Straight up cheering as our government spends trillions to spy on us.

                People are over emotional in large enough numbers about really stupid things. It matters.

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                    8 months ago

                    If you cannot understand how most people believe in at LEAST one of those things I mentioned with virtually zero knowledge on the topic, you are simply choosing to be ignorant to stay an edgy boi making quips. Pathetic.