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Ppl who are real into astrology/conspiracies/woo beliefs *really* trigger me, but it's not because of the beliefs themselves, it's what it indicates about the person. To me, it implies a profound lack of curiosity in checking to see if their beliefs are true. 1/

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“Ppl who are real into astrology/conspiracies/woo beliefs *really* trigger me…” You’ve said so much here. I should assume that the judgement you’ve states about astrology here (under your own sense of values) must be rooted in a profound abundance of curiosity… is that so?

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I should also assume that the profound abundance of curiosity you used to form this judgement was applied to an in depth study and practice to see if your belief about astrology is true… is that correct?

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“W/o peer-reviewed research its very hard to channel my curiosity.” Why? Why do you devalue you your subjective experience of yourself and life so much? Where did you learn that? How does it serve you?

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i used to feel disgusted by gay people, i believed i felt the presence of god (the male, biblical god), my subjective experience was that of being a sinner. After I lost my faith I realized that most of my profound, 'real' subjective experiences had come from lies.

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belief in these "subjective experiences" led to a framework which caused my mom to stay in an abusive relationship, made me feel shame for being a sexual person, made me feel less worthy because i was a woman. Letting subjective experiences guide beliefs can be very harmful.

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and the only way i got out of that was by going "Hm, I wonder if the thing that feels true to me, isn't actually true" and paying close attention to evidence and the idea i might be wrong. Not auto trusting subjectivity is what saved me.

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You are speaking of being indoctrinated, that was not your subjective experience. That was what you were taught to believe about yourself.

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it was 100% my subjective experience. I absolutely, personally, experienced the presence of (what i perceived to be) the Lord, and it was powerful and i wept. You can't tell me that didn't happen to me.

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