Thanks for making my point, Chris. You are willing to believe these things because they are proven to you. That's fine, quite rational, nothing wrong with it. It is a belief that is not faith based.
On Aug 5, 8:14 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > [ Attached Message ]From:Molly Brogan <[email protected]>To:"\"Minds > Eye\"" <[email protected]>Date:Wed, 5 Aug 2009 01:21:04 -0700 > (PDT)Local:Wed, Aug 5 2009 4:21 amSubject:[Mind's Eye] Re: Non Medical > Healing - The Non-Science of Life? > > 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 > > > > > list.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
