tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post6323084814771924757..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Ohpleaseohpleaseohplease....Dana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-64003406907066428132009-08-19T05:54:21.218-07:002009-08-19T05:54:21.218-07:00Cujo: I managed to get into a prolonged conversati...Cujo: I managed to get into a prolonged conversation on that topic with a believer, and she basically said that after an extended dialogue with the voice claiming to be God, she felt reassured that it was in fact God.<br /><br />I asked how she could be sure. I don't remember the exact answer, but I think it was something along the lines of: she didn't think that any entity that wasn't God could have made up the stuff that God told her.<br /><br />I could probably look up the actual words -- it was on IRC.<br /><br />Theory: There is so much social pressure in religious circles to Believe, to be a Believer and "hear God speaking", that if you can just once cajole yourself into thinking that you have possibly managed to do so, the social rewards for admitting this are so great that the idea of questioning that belief -- and thereby rejecting and rebuffing all that positive attention, from people who may also be close friends -- becomes almost impossible to consider.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-26685442368088892122009-08-19T00:11:17.335-07:002009-08-19T00:11:17.335-07:00These folks always seem to know when their god is ...These folks always seem to know when their god is telling them to do something. How do they know it isn't schizophrenia talking?Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-31009229787033302362009-08-18T16:17:25.637-07:002009-08-18T16:17:25.637-07:00I don't know if this is worth more than a fain...I don't know if <a href="http://woozalia.com/Image:2009-08-18_oh_please_oh_please.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> is worth more than a faint chuckle, but it's what I thought of as soon as I saw the title of this post.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948248776908775080noreply@blogger.com