Caught in Their Own Lies:

Here's a strange fact about lies and about  the telling of false stories that you may not be aware of.   The quote from Adolph Hitler, "Tell a lie often enough, loud enough, and long enough, and people will believe you." applies to the liar as well as to his intended target.   

There's a part of the human psyche that tends to accept that which is repeatedly put into the mind.   As a result, the peddler of lies very often reaches a point where he/she believes that his/her lies are actually the truth.    Very frequently, loving well-meaning people get caught in these false stories and perpetuate them.

  The Classic Example of this Occurs in Religion.  

Unless the reason for life on Earth is totally unknowable, there are only three possible answers to the Why-life-on-Earth? question -- Christian one-life-ism, reincarnation, and atheism.  

Because each of these three assumptions contains one or more major components that are in direct conflict with the other two, only one of them can possibly be an accurate representation of Earth-plane reality, and at least two of them must contain major false beliefs.   This means that significant pieces of two  of the Earth’s major religious philosophies must be fantasy creations — products of the believer’s collective imaginations.   

In spite of this evidence,  literally billons of people believe  (and tell their impressionable, pre-age-of-reason children)  stories that have no evidence to support them and in many cases, simply don't make any sense.   Why?   Because in this example, they, themselves believe that they are telling God's truth.   Most of these people accepted these unprovable stories  because that's what their parents believed.   

Please remember that, in this example, there are no Hitler-style bad guys.   There are simply well-meaning people telling stories that they, themselves, believe to be true.   Why do they believe these stories are true?   Because when people hear a false story often enough, loud enough, and long enough, they believe that it's true, particularly if:  1)   they are not being exposed to any alternative stories, and 2)  their minds were programmed to believe these stories before they reached the age of reason (about age seven).   

And besides,  "billions of people believe that their religion is the one and only truth. Therefore their religion must be the one and only truth."   But wait a minute!   Isn't that the same logic that, at one time,  inspired millions of people believed that the Earth was flat?    

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Reference One:   The Biggest Lie About Lies '  

Reference Two:    An Overview of The Three Fundamental Human Assumptions:
                        Christian One-Life-ism, Reincarnation, and Atheism. '    

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