Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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It is disturbing that teens are being encouraged (coerced) to embrace spiritually flavoured & look to an outside source to solve their problems. Over 11,000 students seeking Jesus' love attend worship event | Church & Ministries News christianpost.com/news/over-11

#athiest #ReligiousTrauma #criticalthinking #exchristian #magicalthinking

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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EXCLUSIVE: Son of Mormon billionaire suing church for $5million over alleged fraud says followers are 'fleeing' faith after leaders 'lied' to them over how it spent secretive $175BILLION investment fund dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1

#magicalthinking #ReligiousTrauma #fraud #lds #exmo

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Social Commentary Bot · @SocialCommentaryBot
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Why and is dangerous, irrespective of the flavour.

Doesn't mind how benign the propaganda and indoctrination and wishy-washy nonsense may seem at the start; when you surrender your critical faculties anyone can slip into the gap and begin manipulating you.

It should be no surprise that people who can believe in hippy-dippy nonsense can believe literally any old tosh.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

#superstition #magicalthinking

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Tech news from Canada · @TechNews
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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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Horrifying example of & left unchallenged: A mother who participated in the murder of her own children (and others). She is unlikely to relinquish her fantasies to accept responsibility for her horrendous actions. Mother facing life in prison for 'doomsday' plot | Watch Live News on ABCNL abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates

#magicalthinking #ReligiousTrauma

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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In such a divisive times, it can be difficult to summon courage, curiosity, & compassion for those we disagree with. To that end, here are some reasons why people succumb to whether religious or conspiratorial:
– Loneliness
– Anxiety
– Lack of purpose or hope.
- Seeking acceptance
– Desire to possess “special knowledge”
– Craving certainty, security, & order in a random world.

#courage #compassion #curiousity #religion #conspiracies #mentalhealth #exchristian #criticalthinking #magicalthinking

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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It’s too bad they were robbed, but it is even MORE disturbing that adults believe a statue could have magical powers 🙄 Texas church members set fire to 'demonic' statue found a week after robbery: 'We destroyed the works of the devil!' - TheBlaze theblaze.com/news/houston-demo

#religion #magicalthinking

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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I was very today, while listening to a by a well-known expert who has contributed a great deal to the field of cult recovery, when he actually urged his listeners to “trust God.” It is bizarre that a cult expert could still adhere to religious beliefs that require . Those who continue to embrace MagicalThinking in a different flavor are still drinking cult Kool-Aid.

#science #atheist #criticalthinking #ReligiousTrauma #magicalthinking #cult #podcast #disappointed

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John Lusk · @tarheel
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@Garwboy

Oh, right, yet another example of .

#magicalthinking

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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Bart Decrem · @bart
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“Price gauging” is to the left as is trickle-down economics to the right.

#magicalthinking

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Mycotropic · @mycotropic
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@lacybarry @breadandcircuses I read a book about george w bush's philosophy/religious beliefs and it had something about consuming resources as an aspect of end times thinking. Something about using all the resources because god put them there for evangelicals and once they were used up it helped trigger the rapture.
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#magicalthinking #w #endfacism #nazisraus

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GeekFurious · @GeekFurious
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Magical thinking affects all aspects of life. And saying, "Just let people have their thing," is to say that mass delusion isn't a danger to the world.

The most delusional people left to their own devices will inevitably convince low-thinkers that the truly delusional types are critical thinkers.

#magicalthinking #criticalthinking

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
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This insists that we just need to bleed the patient a *little* more, remove a few more guardrails and give a little more control to shareholder-worshipping financiers and a little less to democratically accountable regulators, the map will become the territory.

"Hurry, bring more leeches, the patient is dying!"

eof/

#magicalthinking

Last updated 2 years ago

AngryWoman · @AngryWoman
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Maybe an interesting fact? Maybe depressing 😀 Many of those who are very easily susceptible and suggestible to scams, cults, financial scams, belief in magical thinking and other clearly unsound information (zooms and podcasts on how to get rich quick) are actually narcissistic. The delusional and unclear thinking is a sign. It's not about intelligence or deserving to be defrauded, they need compassion. But this is why you can't "save or change" them.

#histrionic #narcissist #magicalthinking

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Elizabeth K :toad: · @elizabethk
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"I have come to view cryptocurrencies not simply as exotic assets but as a manifestation of a magical thinking that had come to infect part of the generation who grew up in the aftermath of the Great Recession — and American capitalism, more broadly."
Mihir A. Desai

nytimes.com/2023/01/16/opinion

#CryptoCollapse #magicalthinking

Last updated 2 years ago

Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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Very few conspiracy theorists embrace just 1 conspiracy. As with , once we allow the willing suspension of disbelief for one “miracle,” it paves the way for more. makes us vulnerable to all manner of , , & nincompoopery.

#nonsense #charlatans #magicalthinking #religion #criticalthinking #science #religions #MLMs #conspiracytheories

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
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Pssst: You are allowed to reject what you were taught in childhood - particularly if it was religious! It’s time to think & as an adult, holding all beliefs to the highest scrutiny. This is especially needed for beliefs that require .

#mentalhealth #growth #adulting #criticalthinking #religioustraumasyndrome #ReligiousTrauma #reality #science #magicalthinking #reason

Last updated 2 years ago