Thoughts on Thoughts

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Posted by: Susie924
In reply to: None
Date:4/25/2008 11:34:07 PM
Post #of 97756

I received this from a very smart IHUB poster. I believe many of this "special class of persons" are right here on IHUB!

"There exists in society a very special class of persons that I have always referred to as the Believers. These are folks who have chosen to accept a certain religion, philosophy, theory, idea or notion and cling to that belief regardless of any evidence that might, for anyone else, bring it into doubt. They are the ones who encourage and support the fanatics and the frauds of any given age. No amount of evidence, no matter how strong, will bring them any enlightenment. They are the sheep who beg to be fleeced and butchered, and who will battle fiercely to preserve their right to be victimized."
-- James Randi
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=28813869
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True, and nothing more to add.
EDIT: There is something more to add. Some of these fanatics are the victimizers, not the sheep.