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Old November 22nd, 2009, 03:34 AM
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People want to legitimize their beliefs and most believe the older the religion the more ligitimate it is. You can't let anothers persons mis-information ruin something that brings you joy. I take it with a grain of sand, they annoy me but they exist and I can't make it otherwise. So, I just worship how I worship and leave them to their misconceptions unless they ask me to inform them somehow.
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Old November 22nd, 2009, 06:22 AM
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You don't think it would be a better thing to combat ignorance head on?
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You don't think it would be a better thing to combat ignorance head on?
In some cases yes, in some cases that would be an exercise in futility, it's usually pretty easy to recognize which is which.
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Old November 22nd, 2009, 06:33 AM
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You don't think it would be a better thing to combat ignorance head on?
Ignorance quite rarely cares for the effort. They believe what they believe and no matter how many times you tell them the sky is blue they choose to believe it's red. I prefer to save myself the headache.
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Ignorance quite rarely cares for the effort. They believe what they believe and no matter how many times you tell them the sky is blue they choose to believe it's red. I prefer to save myself the headache.
That applies to people who are willfully ignorant yes, but there are plenty of ignorant and/or misinformed people who are perfectly willing to learn, and as I said before, it's usually easy to tell the two groups apart.
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That applies to people who are willfully ignorant yes, but there are plenty of ignorant and/or misinformed people who are perfectly willing to learn, and as I said before, it's usually easy to tell the two groups apart.
True. I don't exactly meet the second, they seem rare.
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Working to help clear up misconceptions is definitely worthwhile. The trick though is to not let it get you frustrated or to let it take too much of your energy from actually enjoying your own spiritual path.

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