2007-09-15 08:51:08 · 13 answers · asked by Wonder 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ignorant people are easily deceived.
Skeptical people are not easily deceived
Deceptive people are almost never deceived.
2007-09-15 09:02:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, I think everybody can be deceived easily about certain things, but *what* we're easily deceived by can vary from person to person. I've never known anyone who's never been deceived, and when they were deceived, it was done fairly easily by the deceiver.
2007-09-15 15:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are people. Because they vary so widely, some are more easily deceived than others.
If you're referring to Christians being deceived by Christ, you're as far from the Truth as you could possibly be. The Body of Christ is comprised of some very educated people who are anything but deceived regarding Christianity. We know who Jesus is and what He did for us.
God bless you!
2007-09-15 16:10:44 · answer #3 · answered by Devoted1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure... all Christians are deceived... all Moslems are deceived... the believers in ALL religions are deceived... deluded, actually. Christianity and Islam are just better at it than the others... and Christianity does it best of all.
"Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but... more frequently than not... struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God." ~ Martin Luther
Religious 'shepherds' KNOW that their 'flock' (sheeple) are scientifically ignorant and incapable of critical thinking. They KNOW that they find 'scientific' sources' to be intimidating and incomprehensible. These puppet-masters KNOW that their flock (victims) will seek their 'knowledge' from 'trusted' sources... these very-same puppet-masters. When the sheeple hear things like 'scientists claim that humans and apes shared a common ancestor, in the distant past', they experience 'cognitive dissonance'... this information is in conflict with the 'truth' that they have believed for their whole lives. So... where do they go to resolve this cognitive dissonance?... Scientists?... NO! They go to their 'trusted' sources... the sources who KNOW that they have been taught WHAT to think... they have not been taught HOW to think. Sources who KNOW that they can lie, obfuscate, misrepresent with impunity... with absolutely NO RISK that their minions will seek out independent, peer-reviewed corroborating information.
Where this nonsense comes from is an INDUSTRY (Christianity) whose BUSINESS it is to create whole generations of adults who are, at once, gullibile, irrational, willfully ignorant, self-deluded, intellectually dishonest, droolingly stupid and hypocritical... and willing to tithe 10% for having their cognitive dissonance held in check through regular doses of holy bullshit.
They do their jobs very well indeed.
Here's the key thing to understand... a 'truism'...
1) religious 'belief'... the internalized certainty that specified myths, superstitions and fairy-tales are congruent with 'reality' CANNOT WITHSTAND the glaring light of 'critical thinking'.
2) over 85% of adult Americans profess religious 'belief'
3) THEREFORE, at least 85% of adult Americans have not applied critical thinking to their religious 'beliefs'.
Finally... the upshoot of this is very serious, when you think about it. Around 85% of adult Americans are delusional... MADE that way INTENTIONALLY. Something that account for 85% of ANYTHING can be said to define what is considered 'normal'. So, on that basis... in the USA... INSANITY is 'normal'... and thus, the inmates are running the asylum... and the inmate gang leaders have control over the most sophisticated nuclear arsenal in the world. THIS is a cause for grave concern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKDKq_PPbk&mode=related&search=
“Anyone who cares about the fate of civilization would do well to recognize that the combination of great power and great stupidity is simply terrifying, even to one’s friends.” ~ Sam Harris
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2007-09-15 16:11:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-09-15 15:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
the Bush Administration easily decieved
2007-09-15 16:06:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only because they allow themselves to be. We are a naturally curious, optimistic, socially conscious species, but when fear overrides that, people will grab hold of anything that will give them a sense of security.
2007-09-15 16:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by dead_elves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Most of us have no way to check everything we are told, and so tend to assume it's true. Some people are too lazy to bother checking the important things as well.
2007-09-15 15:58:47 · answer #8 · answered by wondermus 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Surely you jest. Listen to TV commercials and the nightly news.
2007-09-15 16:20:45 · answer #9 · answered by Sal D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extremely easily, if they are not led by and walking in the Spirit.
2007-09-15 16:03:06 · answer #10 · answered by Hawt Richard loves Peace Yo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋