2006-11-12 17:10:32 · 12 answers · asked by I Ain't Your Momma 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I'm so sorry that I made you think. My bad.
2006-11-12 17:23:43 · update #1
Ok think of it like this, you are walking down the road and you see a dog that looks just like your dog, you believe it to be your dog it has the same looking collar on has the same color fur... yet as the dog approaches you, you then realize that it really isn't your dog. When you believed that the dog was yours it really was your dog, when you looked closer you realized otherwise. Do you still want to believe that 'reality is whatever you believe it to be'?
2006-11-12 17:27:19 · update #2
You can believe in reality, but what you believe is a concept of reality, a fact of reality. It does not constitute to reality itself.
Belief is more powerful than reality because it numbs the influence of physical reality. Which would explain the empowering effect of faith.
2006-11-12 18:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Saffren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To many people, the belief in something offers either a hope or solace or the strength to carry on.
Without the sole hope (or belief), these people may not have the reason to stay their courses. But in many cases, what we believe may not be reality. Iraq War is an example of many Americans believing in Saddam Hussein possessing WMD. Such a belief (which was actually manipulated by Mr Bush), set the stage for support for attacking Iraq.
The belief in God gives us strength, spiritually, and hope for a better tomorrow...................... and believers will not be convinced of whatever "reality" you have to prove otherwise.
Take the case of those still opposing evolution. Million years archeological finds are, to them, fakes or some works of man.
Some men may keep an open mind to analyse and debate about what they see, read or hear. They are not necessarily cynics, but the world is a better place because, the world progresses because not everybody will just accept what had been passed down (customs, cultures, traditions) as unqestioned knowledge and beliefs. Take the case of Galileo versus the Church at that time concerning the Earth (is round and revolving round the Sun, by Galileo).
2006-11-12 17:37:59 · answer #2 · answered by dreamofyz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can find some sense in the expression, "outside of reality", then the answer will probably be yes. To me, it's a black box which yields anything true, making the claim tautological.
2006-11-12 17:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by alrightbye 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reality is not what you believe but it's your belief.
Ur believes may or may not match with reality.
Don't know which one is more powerful but it's ur believs that is going to guide u through ur life.
2006-11-12 17:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by yahooo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reality is not what I believe it to be its just facts facing the truth and definitely not a belief just the reality "the truth"
2006-11-12 17:28:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reality you believe in IS your belief. And that's all that matters.
2006-11-12 17:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by dudezoid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just because you believe something to be real doesnt mean that it is. That is why mental institutions exist and I think that your question might be redundant, but I am not sure because it seems sort of mental to me. How bout you stopped smoking kynd blunts and ask us again when ur sober?
2006-11-12 17:20:17 · answer #7 · answered by zebalbanangel 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
belief is waaay more powerful than reality. because, as you say, our "reality" is shaped by what we make it out to be. what more is there to it?
2006-11-12 17:40:03 · answer #8 · answered by jamoncita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about 'belief' in 'belief' which is purely rhetorical. Reality is what you feel.
2006-11-12 17:19:35 · answer #9 · answered by Huguenot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure; one of the primary things dealt with by existential philosophers.
2006-11-12 17:12:22 · answer #10 · answered by Amy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋