Why do people think ignoring the truth will change things?
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de·ni·al \nNOUN:\n\nPsychology An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.
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Because people are not ready to accept the facts what is happening in their real life. Having so much of desire beyond their limits and they want to get it by crooked way, and sometimes coincidentally it happens they started believing it strongly.
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I have found that most people who follow others ideas often do not care about truth, all they care about is that their little brainwashed boat keeps sailing along without  any waves of reality disturbing them
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Often, people know what the truth is, but choose to act like they belive what they know not to be true, because its easier. If its too hard for us to contain in ourselves, our brain makes it easier. An example is death. We all know we're going to die one day but no one belives it, or acts like they do.
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People will not always agree on certain things because they see things differently from each other.
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It's a difficult question. Nobody realistically thinks you can ignore the winds of change and remain relevant, but at the same time too much change sheds a suspicious light on your religion. I remember I was quite young when the pope notified his flock that Christianity is changing its official stance on jewish people. "From now on we don't believe that killing is a good thing." I think if I was Christian then I would have ceased to be. How can a teaching that has been so essential to the history of a religion be retracted? Balance is necessary. Honest religious people are constantly digging deep and asking themselves which areas are in the "unassailable truths" category and which are subject to the times.
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People lie to you because they don't want you to know the truth...
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You can't make people listen to understanding, to reason, to truth.  They want to be close minded, it helps them through their pitiful existance.  I wish my voice was the voice of reality and people had to listen, to think, about anything other than themselves.
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If you truly seek Truth, then Truth you shall find.  I suppose that the Whole Truth can be a little hard to deal with, but taking them on one at a time can make it bearable.  Removing those old seeds of limiting behavior takes time.  It's a daily task and must be dealt with pretty much continuously.  I would guess it depends on how many limiting beliefs one has as to whether they can all be revealed and removed.
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People like to be surrounded by the familiar.  When they encounter someone who doesn't act/look/believe what they are used to, they often fear it.  Most people get over this, realizing that different points of view is what make the world great, but some others just don't want to accept that there's a larger world beyond their own.
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Because people think it will do something, when in reality, it just hurts people
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People hate the truth, because it often hurts. The funny thing is, you need to balance how much a relationship means to you with your desire to tell the truth. You don't want to burn someone who means everything to you for something so trivial as truth.\n\nGood Luck!
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A lot of people get touchy when they are trying to show you their truth and you make a valid or logical point that doesn't fall in line with their beliefs. They are too stubborn or too afraid to admit there may be other possibilities because they have been conditioned to believe that you are damned to hell if you question any part of their particular religious doctrine. Therefore, if you don't take their word for it even if they can't show or prove they are right, the only way they can fight you is to shut you up or get rid of you so you would have less chances to influence anyone else to question what they deem to be the ultimate truth.
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because most people cant/ don't want to handle the truth. but there is a difference from being honest and just rude. so your going to have to find out when you need to shut your mouth and when to spice up the truth a little
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It may not cause big changes in a short amount of time...but you never know when, where, or how you may influence another rational mind, and thereby ignite change.\nI'm thankful to Yahoo for giving us the means to express our opinions here.
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I think it might take some time, because people are unwilling to tell themselves that they have been living the wrong life. But I think that once that happens, it might take a few years for people to start understanding what really went on. But sooner or later it will hit them...HARD.
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if you arent sure about somethign someone has told you then you need to check it out in an OLD bible, such as the KJV, because people change and have opinions that are their own feelings.. God doesnt change , we do and we have totally lost how things used to be and come so far from the truth... dont trust people only the bible