2007-08-13 05:09:36 · 38 answers · asked by Link , Padawan of Yoda 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Someone gave me the impression they think exactly that.
2007-08-13 05:09:59 · update #1
They can, but they'd be wrong.
2007-08-13 05:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jessie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, people can believe that, and in some incredibly rare instances they may be right. It depends on what the belief is and how it came about. These are usually scientific endeavors in which most of the world thinks differently than what is actually true, or personal endeavors where people's opinions about what somene else went through (such as someone saying someone stole an idea, even though the person who claimed credit for the idea independently worked for years on the idea in secret, so as to protect it from theives). There are exceptions where the whole world could be wrong, because the more widely believed an unsupported idea is, the more likely it is to be wrong.
I don't know the specific case that you're talking about, but if the person who said it can support their claims with substantive verifiable evidence (NOT SPECULATIVE, such as with a "holy book"), then there is the possibility that they are right. The idea could warrant investigation.
Or, it could be completely nuts and based on faulty evidence.
2007-08-13 05:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wow, you make it sound like only one person has demonstrated this belief to you. I can't even begin to count the number that I have encountered. It really makes you wonder at the thinking of some people. Admittedly, there are instances where everyone around you is wrong, but this is the exception, rather than the rule, and applies to every group one could imagine. At what point does the insane man begin to believe that he is not right? Does he ever? What's more, how can you ever convince someone who believes this way that they are in fact mistaken? It's an interesting, and surprisingly, frequent dilemma.
2007-08-13 05:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which belief?
Most people once believed the world was flat. They believed that disease was caused by evil energies. They believed in spirits and hexes. People thought forests were haunted and the seas contained monsters. They believed the Sun orbited the Earth and the stars were pin pricks in a giant canvas.
We have come a long way as a species and a culture, let's not stop. It's not like believers present a unified view of things anyway.
2007-08-13 05:23:42 · answer #4 · answered by Lew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they certainly can, given the right indoctrination at the right time- eg., from birth, or early childhood. That's how religions are perpetuated, from parents to kids . . . and societies, of course. Certain religions tell their followers that they alone know the truth and everyone else is deceived by the big bad devil. These religions teach not only fear of hell and the wrath of God, but intolerance of anyone else's beliefs, exalting the believer to the an almost on-par-with-God status. It's extremely humbling when you find out you've based your self worth on words of men in books also written by men, rather than on being a decent, caring, accepting and tolerant human being.
2007-08-13 05:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by Meow 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Said: "I am the way the truth and the life. No man comes to the father but by me." John 14:6. Here Jesus is saying He is the only way to get to heaven. Anyone who does not believe that does not go to heaven. It is that simple. If you truly come to believe that, you too would say that the rest of the world is wrong for not believeing that. Why don't you become an exception by recieving Jesus Christ into you heart and life as the one and only one who can save you from your sins and give you a home in heaven when you die? That is my prayer for you.
2007-08-13 05:24:22 · answer #6 · answered by LARRY S 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, some people do think that. I have a cousin who is a right bigot. Everything according to him is gospel. He simply refuses to listen to anyone elses point of view. Needless to say, he has no friends at all and at 48 year old only has the company of children, which he has to buy. Enough said about that.
2007-08-13 05:15:51 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An impression is not necesarily reality. Our impressions of people come from being triggered by past experience. In reality we know little about most people until we connect with them on a deeper level.
2007-08-13 05:15:21 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am more comfortable with the question Can 9,000,000,000
be wrong?. The answer is of course yes they can even if they are a majority. Just think of how many voted for the Blairina mob in UK
2007-08-13 05:40:34 · answer #9 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite easily. If you take a look at the world and see what crazy things we're doing to it, also look back in history to see how crazy people have always been. I am quite convinced I am one of very few right-thinking people and I am unanimous on that.
2007-08-13 05:18:47 · answer #10 · answered by Geoff E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe the whole world is wrong about a lot of things...however I'm probably wrong too.
2007-08-13 05:36:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋