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Bird's Brain's avatar

Good point! Paradigm shifts are difficult unless truth is more important to you than emotional comfort.

I think the need to fit in and not rock the boat also plays a big role in why some people refuse to accept truth or even recognize it when it's obvious... if the rest of the herd is refusing. Safety in numbers. We're programmed that way. Being outcast is a difficult experience which is why shunning is such an effective societal management tool.

This was especially evident during covid among doctors who enjoy high status in society. They almost unanimously agreed to pretend masks were effective against viruses despite knowing full well they weren't. The ones who told the truth were dismissed, both from their positions and from the club.

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Ordo Purgatio Flamma's avatar

Mike Wells (Abiding Life Ministries) understood what it meant to "die" metaphorically on the cross (in terms of letting the bad ideas die off to allow the birth of the "new creation"... i.e. new ideas). I continue to be amazed at how substituting Jesus (Yeshua, or Λόγος as you've eloquently put it), allows us to relax, disconnect from the irrelevance of this "world" we live in, and apply importance to the relationships we form with one another. The sharing and growth of life (or Λόγος: reason!) is of utmost import to our longevity (and humanity!) as a spiritual consciousness. There is a darkness always willing to swallow us... but to know it has already been defeated, allows us to grow unencumbered. Thank you for sharing everything you've gathered and learned over the last few years. I see nothing inconsistent with the teachings of Christ that you have brought to light.

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