I get a lot of comments on the way I communicate. That I'm arrogant, stubborn and intentionally confusing. A lot of people tend to think of me as a bad guy or a guy without emotions. Somebody who is set in his way and cannot be shaken or moved from his position, at all. A trickster who plays mind games with other people to make them think the same way he thinks.
This is so not true!
Emotions are very powerful in influencing peoples decisions. Marketing people understand this. Con-artists understand this. Politicians understand this. The main objective of the 'game' is to stir up a certain emotion in your target so that they will be more receptive to your message. For marketing this means generating a feeling of need by creating emotions that feed that feeling. Feelings like emptiness for example or lust or jealousy. Politicians usually play the "fear" card in hopes of getting people to respond to it by voting on them and their solution "to cure the fear".
Why do I write about the things I write about?
Because I believe that holding on to superstitious beliefs in an age such as we are living in right now is more damaging than it does good. (Yes, even if you don't actively harm anyone) I don't think anyone should express belief in something, support for something or claim truth about anything they can't sufficiently justify. (Pointing towards an irrational book written thousands of years ago isn't justification by the way.)
There are more reasons than just the ones I list here, but let's get crackin'
I recently noticed the above image in a facebook post. It says "The word of god is the medicine.!!". Hmm, really? I'm no betting man but I'm 98% sure that anyone who liked and shared that image takes actual medicine when they are sick.
Nobody who claims that their god is their medicine actually trusts on this medicine. Odd? Yes. No, don't thank the doctors and medical researchers for coming up with cures, thank God!
"But God touched every doctor out there to make the discovery they did!" really? That's a rather shortsighted statement.
Here's why:
What's the origin of Christianity? I'm sure many people will cry out "Christ Jesus is the source of Christianity!". I guess you would be somewhat correct here. He is the main character the jewish splinter sect drew it's name from. But I want to take this back a step further. After all Jesus was Jewish, so the story goes, so that would make the real source or origin of Christianity not really Jesus, but Judaism (to some extent).
If just reading this intro already makes you feel offended or angry or uncomfortable, please do read on.
Before I continue, if I'm somehow making an error in the way I think or if anybody feels like they need to correct me anywhere, please let me know! Don't take my word for anything, please look into it yourself and see I'm not just making this up. If you come to another conclusion than I did, again, let me know! My e-mail and facebook inbox are always open.
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