Amos,

i appreciate your measured response.

Your stance is quite reasonable in its own terms. It is those very assumptions that I'm questioning,as have greater minds than mine.

You and Teribus are,I think,either unable or unwilling , to look at the assumptions you make. (Which puts you in the majority by miles).Thus you live within a world view that so 'makes sense',that you take it as a mere (set of)fact(s), a 'normality' that is 'self-evident'.

Most people do this in various ways,for many reasons.

the consequence is to live within an ideology. One manifestation of an ideology is precisely that the 'upholders' of it see it as no such thing, but as 'normality'. Insofar as they are in that attitude,the ideology has succeeded in its function of presenting AN idea of reality/the truth as THE idea of reality/the truth.

And it's much more psychologically relaxing to be there than not there. Many life problems become sorted. And people can then get on with their shopping,loving,backstabbing,respectfulness etc. They just run into trouble the whole time with the Other because the assumptions people hold vary. So we keep banging into other assumptions. Which are wrong,wrong,wrong. Obviously.

And that's why those within some ideology or other get so upset/angry/antagonistic towards those who make so bold as to question the fundamental assumptions. I don't suppose anyone needs examples freom any time , any place. I'll just mention philosophers and martyrs.

That's also why people stick to those who share their assumptions,so as to minimise all that banging. Then they say,hilariously,things like,"Well nobody I know thinks ........(whatever)". Of cooouuuuurrrrse they don't,for the reason already given.

Best wishes,


Ivor