Comments on: “You’re All Gonna Die!” Prophecy & Protest

By: Occult Investigator » Mark Morford on Civ’s Collapse

Occult Investigator » Mark Morford on Civ’s Collapse — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:19:08 +0000

[...] r, water, etc. A lot of times the only way to get people to really sit up and listen is to tell them they’re all gonna die.

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By: alistair

alistair — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:55:18 +0000

unfortunately when we filter our life through a filter such as “where is your god now” we don`t have access to our own ability to choose good feelings any longer.the theological “tunnel reality” is as valid as any other,but we must remember that we created the reality it`sself.once one sees that tunnel realities are semantic constructs that shape our perception of the world,and in that we have a whole dictionary full of words to create new views.one`s that are useful.
parenting is challenging enough without dogmatic walls to imprison the emerging intellect.

By: rhondda

rhondda — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 03:36:12 +0000

About ten years ago my pentagostal neighbours were sure that it was all going to happen soon like immediately. Their son got my son all upset and so I went to the bible to give my son some amunition such as god will decide when this will happen and not man. I forget the the exact place. When he came back with I had given him, the other boy just caved. Of course it did not help that they were playing basketball and everytime my neighbours’s son missed a basket my son said “well where is your god now? ” I did talk to him about that, but then on the other hand this kid was trying to do a number on my son., so I figure it was tit for tat.

By: alistair

alistair — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:57:58 +0000

i have a friend who is fully evangelical.i told him that the rapture happened already and we all got left behnd.he`s not sure if i`m kidding or not.

By: Occult Investigator

Occult Investigator — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:47:15 +0000

yeah i saw that on your reading list and have been meaning to get into it. that cognitive dissonance stuff is pretty much brilliant from all around. im actually almost done with this chapter though, so i dont feel really pressed for time to read a lot more on it right now. im almost burned out on all the apocalypse shit. but i definitely will come back and read that before my stuff ever gets published or anything.

By: J. Puma

J. Puma — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:27:34 +0000

awesome, as always. have you read ‘when prophecy fails’ yet? man, you *really* need to. if you can’t find the book anywhere, i’ll send you my copy– it’s that pertinent to your current field of inquiry. the guy who wrote it *came up* with the concept of ‘cognitive dissonance,’ ferchrissakes!