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Originally Posted by SmartAlx  And please don't point me to the "Intention - Minifestation" board. I'm so sick of that religion, and it is a religion. It's a humanistic religion whereby someone attempts to either tap into a higher power, or to replace the higher power with himself. (Luck is not a higher power, it's just mathematical streaks working for or against someone.) If intention worked, then people who "feel lucky" getting off the plane in Vegas wouldn't be broke 3 hours later. And you know that this happens all the time. |
Good post and I largely agree. I'd say though that the "religion" is not "Intention-manifestation", but something more broad in scope. IM is just a symptom of a larger belief, which I think it could be better termed "personal responsibility", or the idea that people's circumstances have no bearing whatsoever as to the kind of life they live. I have a hard time coming up with a belief system capable of inflicting worse damage psychologically. And one wonders why there are so may "losers" or "low status" people out walking around.
btw I'm not against personal responsibility when reasonable, but I think in our society we take it way too far.