There's this saying that the human mind is responsible for a lot of things - hence the part about what you believe will come true, or what you don't believe in - cannot hurt you.
What do you think about this? What's your opinion?
2006-09-09 06:12:25 · 22 answers · asked by Sam, Vice President of the YAA 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Things you don't believe in, like for the instance - the supernatural.
2006-09-09 06:17:28 · update #1
YOU NEED TO LEARN PASCAL'S WAGER:
Let us assess the two cases: if you win you win everything, if you lose you lose nothing.
Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670
“Yes, but you must wager. There is no choice, you are already committed. Which will you choose then? Let us see: since a choice must be made, let us see which offers you the least interest. You have two things to lose: the true and the good; and two things to stake: your reason and your will; and, your knowledge and your happiness. Your nature has two
things to avoid: error and wretchedness. Since you must necessarily choose, your reason is no more affronted by choosing one rather than the other. That is one point cleared up.
“But your happiness? Let us weigh up the gain and the loss involved in calling heads that God exists. Let us assess the two cases: if you win you win everything, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate then; wager that he does exist.”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670
2006-09-09 07:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by lovel art 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you don't believe CAN hurt you. You don't make your reality 100%. You make your attitude, I believe, but to make a statement that what u don't believe in can't hurt you is to say ignorance is bliss.
Its a fact that I don't believe I will get hit by a drunk driver, but whose to say I won't and who is to say that cuz I didn't, its not due to my belief or rejection of the idea? So I grant you that we may not know the answer to this question since we don't know the causes of events or things not happening.
People get killed by others because they trust. They didn't believe in the other's evil capabilities.
I hear some people have become believers i Ouji boards AFTER playing with these supposedly harmless things that they didn't believe had any real consequences.
Do supposedly possessed people (if u believe in that) know they are possessed or are they being taken over without their knowledge by something they don't consciously believe in?
2006-09-09 07:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because an individual chooses to remain ignorant does not in any way shelter them from the universal forces. Prayer and Darkness to name two. If we believe our protection and understand enough to be aware we can choose to resist or accept energies.Love is the highest power, it transcends all. Dark energies are shut out by love. So Dark energies can attack an unaware person with no belief . People who consciously intend something on an unbeliever or supernatural forces acting on them can impact that person. How they interpret it is a different story.
2006-09-09 06:45:21 · answer #3 · answered by someone 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that the human mind is responsible for a lot of things, but I don't think that just because you don't believe in something it can't hurt you.
2006-09-09 06:16:11 · answer #4 · answered by just me 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The reason they put blinders on carriage horses is so they will follow the directions of the driver and not worry about what they can't see. We are given discernment so that we can look everything over and then decide for ourselves what is valid and what is not. We need to make educated choices.
2006-09-09 06:20:24 · answer #5 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the phrase is "What you don't know, can't hurt you." sometimes that is true, too. If you find out about something, you may miss you never knew about it. If you have an inquiring mind like mine, you will want to know answers, though. Well, I would anyway.
2006-09-09 06:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by makeitright 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that's called DENIAL
Just because you don't believe it doesn't make it so.
Its like the statement perception is reality. That is crazy If you perceive that your husband is faithful doesn't mean he is.
if you perceive someone is a good person and you believe in them whole heartily can they hurt you???yes.
If you don't believe in God and then you die and find out you were wrong can that hurt you? yes
2006-09-09 10:29:07 · answer #7 · answered by seniorcaredallas@yahoo.com 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True.
This is part of a poem talking about the same thing.
"When you set out on your journey to Ithaca,
pray that the road is long,
full of adventure, full of knowledge.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the angry Poseidon -- do not fear them:
You will never find such as these on your path,
if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine
emotion touches your spirit and your body.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the fierce Poseidon you will never encounter,
if you do not carry them within your soul,
if your soul does not set them up before you."
2006-09-09 09:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by Divra 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
regrettably, i think of love, of any sort, finally ends up hurting in some circumstances in a relationship with the aid of fact the feelings in love are so severe and robust and gentle. fortuitously, this is between the valuable issues approximately love, additionally---the intensity, the sensitivity and how splendidly stable the charm of all of it is.
2016-11-06 23:43:58 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assume that you do not believe in Satan the Devil. Then imagine that the Devil exists, whether you believe in the Devil or not. Theoretically speaking, Satan could still hurt you, even if you did not believe in him. Brute facts are not dependent on our individual or collective beliefs. They subsist whether we believe in them or not. If the existence of God or Satan is a brute fact, then what you do not believe in may hurt you (if you do not believe in said brute facts).
2006-09-09 06:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by sokrates 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋