Website review: Anxiety Culture: Belief Manipulatio...
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Reasonablib rated 37 months ago- "Beliefs tend to function as "self-fulfilling prophesies" " -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Thoughts tend to comfort or frighten us more than things. For example, the belief in an unsafe universe leads to perpetual anxiety, whereas the thought of a safe environment produces a feeling of comfort. Anybody raised in a society which, for centuries, has emphasised the so-called "Punishing Father" aspect of God, will probably regard worry, depression, guilt and resentment as normal everyday states. Dominant religious beliefs tend to affect everyone, even those who don't "believe". For example, our punishing work ethic can be traced back to beliefs from our Puritan heritage, but how many modern employees would consciously subscribe to 17th century Puritanism? Of course, there have always been "alternative" beliefs with a less depressing effect. Consider, for example, the passage from The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece, 1912 (see sidebar, right). Beliefs that dominate a society for generations - particularly the depressing ones - are absorbed into the culture as "common sense", despite often being proved wrong over time. "Common sense" is usually seen as more realistic than idealism and optimism, despite the fact that both common sense and idealism arise from belief systems, and as such represent philosophical gambles, not reality."
