Hi Adrian, I read the first article you linked to. I think the benefits of taking responsibility for your context have to be experienced first-hand.
I am basically a hardened agnostic, not just in matters of religion but also in matters of health, politics, and science. I believe that I have no way of knowing for sure the Truth about anything. While holding that thought, I will still act as if certain things are true, which I will call belief.
From this standpoint, I can value stories on their usefulness instead of their Truth. And the belief that people can control their lives is much more useful than the belief that they can't, especially when coupled with a complete lack of guilt. I would challenge you to name one useful conclusion that can be drawn from the belief that people are not able to change from within.
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