People choose their belief system based on non rational principles. That is they choose a constellation of beliefs that have no rational connections. For example in politics many beliefs of the Left are unconnected. e.g. animal rights having more value than the rights of an unborn child.
Also these beliefs are resistant to evidence. So clearly these constellations of belief are not based on reasons nor on evidence. Rather they are most often reactions against parents or some perceived opposite social group.
A friend was in Uman for Rosh Hashanah and brought with him a lot of books of Buddhism of the Westernized versions. [Not one authentic Buddhist text.] That got me thinking about this issue of constellations of values.
My basic reaction to Buddhism is that it is a much better than a lot of other things out there.
That is, I do have a basic idea of objective moral values. So any value system I measure with this measuring stick: does it bring to objective moral values? That is I do not even look at motivation, or words. Acta non verba. [Actions, not words].
A Constellation of belief means if you believe one axiom of that group that you want to be associated with you have to believe other unrelated axioms or else be kicked out.
Also these beliefs are resistant to evidence. So clearly these constellations of belief are not based on reasons nor on evidence. Rather they are most often reactions against parents or some perceived opposite social group.
A friend was in Uman for Rosh Hashanah and brought with him a lot of books of Buddhism of the Westernized versions. [Not one authentic Buddhist text.] That got me thinking about this issue of constellations of values.
My basic reaction to Buddhism is that it is a much better than a lot of other things out there.
That is, I do have a basic idea of objective moral values. So any value system I measure with this measuring stick: does it bring to objective moral values? That is I do not even look at motivation, or words. Acta non verba. [Actions, not words].
A Constellation of belief means if you believe one axiom of that group that you want to be associated with you have to believe other unrelated axioms or else be kicked out.
