Someone stated that believing in something does not make it true, so let's examine the opposite. Thank you everyone.
2007-05-23 01:55:18 · 15 answers · asked by <><><> 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in the dialectical ideas there no false or true, but there are thoughts.
false and true you see them in logical sciences like math.
2007-05-23 02:02:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Conventional science suggests that belief has nothing to do with reality, but in quantum physics, you will find some things that seem to belie this.
One example is the particle wave duality wherein the defining characteristic of elementary physical entities, such as electrons, protons, neutrons, atoms, and molecules, which exist on the one hand in states which evolve like waves when they are not observed, and evolve like particles when observed. This suggests that observation alone has the ability to effect reality.
If we postulate that brain activity results in the production - through particle decay or whatever - of an as yet unknown quantum entity, it could conceivably interact with other quanta to produce a result.
So is it possible that belief or disbelief makes something true or false, respectively? Yes, it's possible. Do I know the answer? Absolutely not.
2007-05-23 09:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by ZombieTrix 2012 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think not believing in something makes it more true for others? Perhaps. Dismissal invites oppositive worship.
2007-05-23 09:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i believe that ..wow that is a doozy. perhaps the power of positive thinking.. well negative thinking here..isn't going to negate something that truly exists. but if the thing that is being believed/disbelieved is a concept, perhaps the lack of belief in it will allow it to dissipate. if my hubby is cheating on me, i cant disbelieve it into turning back time and making him be faithful. but if i think he is cheating on me, but he isn't, i do think that i could believe it into reality. not directly by believing, but by the resulting actions. like i would be distancing my self, so he would go out and get a different woman.. but maybe it is a case by case scenario.
2007-05-23 09:03:58 · answer #4 · answered by chelley 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. You can "not believe" all you want but you can't make something disappear. That only happens in fairy tales. What is so is so, and what is not is not. There's no changing it based on what you personally believe.
2007-05-23 09:00:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, in the end you only have beliefs.
Facts really aren't objective. There's always going to be SOMEONE who disagrees with a statement, so it's really only the majority's opinion that decides what is a fact and what isn't.
2007-05-23 09:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh, boy, wouldn't we love to believe that this is the case! Then anything that's distasteful or uncomfortable to us we could just wish away!
2007-05-23 09:01:26 · answer #7 · answered by Terri J 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, but it would certainly make it a falsehood in the eyes of the non-believer.
2007-05-23 08:58:57 · answer #8 · answered by hrld_sleeper 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Does not believing in something make it false?
NO
Does believing in something make it true?
NO
2007-05-23 08:58:39 · answer #9 · answered by KITKAT 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
believing in something or
not believing in,
does not influence or allter the fact,
no doubt at all.
2007-05-23 09:38:15 · answer #10 · answered by Karsan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋