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Old 10-08-2008, 04:38 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Nocapszy View Post
Jesus... Orangy already covered that. Why do they choose religion to study? Why not psychology like me?
But why do you study psychology... why functions? If you cannot answer it for yourself, how do you expect to understand it for others?

If you study psychology, you should have a good grasp of why people reach for understanding.

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Thank you for pointing out what I've already ascertained. Obviously their interests are different from mine in nature.
I said they are not different in nature. The same reasons you have picked an interest, which even you cannot understand what triggered it, is the same reasons why they chose something.

That's pretty basic psychology. All fixations of interest are internally motivated using the same mechanisms.

I took psychology as a coping mechanism to deal with people... how about you?

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It's a simple question, not really worthy of the sarcastic ridicule you have to offer.

That's why I told you to go away.
You are choosing to ridicule religion because you believe it to be different. I'm stating that it isn't different. They have their need to understand, and you have yours.
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