puddington Wrote:
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> "It's easier to fool someone than to convince them
> that they have been fooled." -- Mark Twain
Cowabunga Mark Twain.....that's cognitive dissonance. I think there might be something to it. The dissonance of thought between the 1972 vision fulfillments (which Gary keeps bring up) and resurrection life and becoming powerful little gods have not been dismissed as failed visions or prophecies but rather rationalized as modification of the original vision (as kBoy said, that's all they got). According to the cognitive dissonance theory, this is an easier route to resolve the stress associated with cognitive dissonance than a complete dismissal of the individual acceptance of the vision.
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> "It's easier to fool someone than to convince them
> that they have been fooled." -- Mark Twain
Cowabunga Mark Twain.....that's cognitive dissonance. I think there might be something to it. The dissonance of thought between the 1972 vision fulfillments (which Gary keeps bring up) and resurrection life and becoming powerful little gods have not been dismissed as failed visions or prophecies but rather rationalized as modification of the original vision (as kBoy said, that's all they got). According to the cognitive dissonance theory, this is an easier route to resolve the stress associated with cognitive dissonance than a complete dismissal of the individual acceptance of the vision.