Materialism, and it's woes
I've never really realized this, but it's pretty interesting. The Dalai Lama says, that as long as you have a religion or believe in something, you are much less dangerous than someone who believes in nothing. I've thought about it for a while, and after a few comments and a conversation on irc, i thought i would share what i thought about it.
I totally agree with His Holyness The Dalai Lama, there are multiple points that i think all point in the direction of what he said, i'll just rable about it for now ;-)
For example say that a horrible catastrophe is menacing your household, or whatever. People who don't believe, don't even have the chance of feeling the catastrophe comming, although someone who is more spiritual, someone who believes in the powers of the mind can very well feel what is going to happen, and maybe even do something to counter it. Other examples include global warming, which is now admitted even by the scientific community, but, which was for a long time only "felt" by the people who listen to things they can't explain, of course, there are still morons who don't believe in global warming. It's kind of as if you were sitting in a tub of acid (lets say a transparent acid, lokking like water), the acid burning your skin to the bones, but were persuaded you were sitting in water, and wouldn't believe your feeling of pain.
