tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post7349760731986240210..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: When words failBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-42187632102385430792013-03-09T21:27:41.421+00:002013-03-09T21:27:41.421+00:00Astute observation. It's my experience as well...Astute observation. It's my experience as well, but unlike you, I get some kind of emotional release by softly saying, with feigned surprise, "Ooooh, I didn't realize you're one of those anti-science people. Sorry."<br /><br /><br />They look mortified, and just as they open their mouths to say, "What do you mean by THAT?" I've already turned on my heels.<br /><br />The added "sorry" at the end is absolutely necessary, for it serves to point out that I believe that I've just offended their devoutly held religious beliefs. <br /><br />I've had a lot of fun with it.a womannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49195256684258898982013-03-09T18:11:08.164+00:002013-03-09T18:11:08.164+00:00@Gayle - Looking through the subjects in this book...@Gayle - Looking through the subjects in this book, it seems more like a list of the authors prejudices than of definite 'delusions'. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-79474887335701830862013-03-09T17:14:02.756+00:002013-03-09T17:14:02.756+00:00How I've dealt with the utter madness, which t...How I've dealt with the utter madness, which truly is reaching mind-boggling levels: Besides struggling to devote more of my time, mind and daily effort to Everlasting Truth (which of course necessitates the dis-engagement from earthly attachments - not easy, at all), I've found some comfort reading "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds". The unenlightened human is a herd animal; perhaps one of the functions, if you will, of spirituality is to lead us away from the stampedes ;-)Gaylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-73873896440886452272013-03-09T14:07:44.087+00:002013-03-09T14:07:44.087+00:00Jesus refused to argue with his attackers many tim...Jesus refused to argue with his attackers many times and in the end was silent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-31235850939385303372013-03-09T07:44:07.780+00:002013-03-09T07:44:07.780+00:00You got that right :)
I find exactly the same thi...You got that right :) <br />I find exactly the same thing, all the time. I merely report the latest madness and leave it at that, with little or no comment on whatever I may feel about it. <br />Anyway: whatever I may feel about it really isn't very important. While knowing that, is. <br /> The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.com