Belief and Reality - Truth or Consequences

I totally agree with Don Bennett that what we know to be true may not be so. In the fifteenth century, people believed that the earth is the center of the universe. Even though most people during that time believed that the sun revolves around the earth, we in the twentieth century know that was not true.

Is there any consequence in believing in something? For example you believe that cholesterol can cause heart disease. To ensure that you will not get heart disease, you will make sure that your cholesterol level is always below 240. What if I said that cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease? Am I kidding? No I’m not; in 1990 Dr. Meir Stamfer, a professor at Harvard School of Public Health, confirmed an earlier finding by Dr McCully, assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, that the real culprit in heart disease is homocysteine (intermediate by-product of metabolism). The homocysteine level in your blood can be controlled if you take sufficient supply of folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin B6. The direct consequence of your belief is you developing a higher risk of developing heart disease.

Some of us believe in ape to man evolution. The consequence is we indirectly deny the existence of God, who had created man. However this ape to man evolution theory was invalidated by the people who were looking for evidence to proof it. The fossils that they found proved that the evolutions never happen.

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