Molly, really. Haven't we beaten THIS canard to death? Both things that you've
mentioned require no belief whatsoever on my part. They are probabilities based
on empirical observation. There is an extremely high (somewhere in the order of
99.99999999%) chance the sun will rise tomorrow. The odds I will wake up
tomorrow are less so. No belief necessary.
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I am not sure that our beliefs apply only to our faith. Do you
believe that you will wake up in the morning, or that the sun will
rise?
On Aug 4, 11:28 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Molly stated implicitly that one had to believe in the cure for it to
> work, n'est-ce
> pas?
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:43 PM, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure I would classify it as faith, maybe positive thinking.
> > One is not trying to believe in something, but trying to accomplish
> > something. Big difference in my book.
>
> > On Aug 4, 5:40 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Congratulations, deripsni. You've achieved faith as well. That was a
> > > necessity mentioned early on by Molly, I believe.
>
> > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:36 PM, deripsni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I agree with Molly. I have faked myself into good health for years. I
> > > > guess the mood does change the chemicals, although I have never
> > > > considered a mood in it's chemical form, at least not since the mid
> > > > 70's. I feel that there is a lot we can contribute to our mental
> > > > health, which has a major impact on our physical health. Just think of
> > > > the change in medical bills if stress was taken off the disability
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