The Change I Want To See In The World

**XeL** · 05-11-2010 10:45 AM

The idea that one should carry on disregarding criticisms and conflicting view points is the foundation of self-righteousness. This social attitude has been cultivated by superstitious people, often religious, as a defense mechanism. The defense works by asserting that one's belief requires no defense and simply ignoring any criticism of it or evidence against it. It is intellectual evasion.

In all other areas of life, you are expected to have reasons to explain why you've done something or why you believe something. "I am confident in my belief" is not a reason for having a belief. It's not a reason for anything. This attitude of "confidence" in one's superstitions is not invoked when someone feels they don't have to defend their belief, but rather when they are unable and don't want to because they have no rational defense. This is not confidence. This is dishonesty and cowardice. The truth is there may be someone with more insight than you who you would benefit from listening to. The notion that you should not consider what others think of your beliefs is presumptuous at best.

You make the assumption that everything needs a reason. I disagree to that.

My belief is based on infinity, and infinity does not need a reason.

Infinity is everything. It's me, it's you, it's my thoughts and your thoughts. In the end everything is just the same thing. Life and death does not exist. When we "die" we remain a part of infinity. There is no begin and there is no end to infinity. It doesn't matter what we "do" or not "do". It's all "pointless" in the end.

What "you" know as your consciousness doesn't exist. It's all just a part of infinity.

Reasons are irrelevant to my belief.

If your confidence in your beliefs is well placed, you should have no trouble defending them.

Read above. There is no point in doing so.

However, if someone asks me to explain myself, I'll glady do so (although, there is no real reason to do that either).