On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Linda M. Woolf wrote:
> Hi to all Tipsters!
>
> Michael Sylvester wrote:
>
> > wouldn't religious beliefs be subsumed as a part of one's cognitive
> > domain?
> > And hence belief can influence behavior,for example the belief of the
> > Israelis that some territory belongs to them as God's chosen people,
> > and the aggression that they have used against the Palestinians?
>
> Or for another example of "belief influencing behavior": Sending a
> e-mail to a discussion list that reduces an extremely complex situation
> involving an interaction of historical, political, economic, religious,
> psychosocial, etc. factors to a single stereotypic misrepresentation of
> a religious belief attributed to all individuals living in a particular
> country.
>
> L'Shalom,
>
> linda
The belief of God's chosen people preceded the historical
and political and economic systems.
MIchael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida
