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Originally Posted by anexsia
Cognitive Dissonance and the End of the World
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...harold-camping
"The more someone acts on behalf of a belief (and even suffers for it), the more and more that belief becomes important to them. People think, "I have done so much for this belief. If it weren't important I wouldn't have done that." This is a basic form of dissonance reduction."
Apparently there's a lot of self help information out there for people with end of the world fears and doomsday phobia.
You guys could always start a doomsday/end of the world cult and profit from that? |
"End of the world" fears I'll give you. But being prepared for situations that can and probably will eventually should be perfectly normal. This is like saying an ambulance crew needs help because they are prepared to help someone in the event of an accident.
I'm starting to think no one here has ever taken a world history class. Because if you have, most of you wouldn't be saying some of the stuff you are saying.