“The Secret” – Rhonda Byrne

[birdie1971]

My wife was talking to her sister on the phone earlier this evening. My sister-in-law was suggesting that my wife should read a book and watch a DVD called, “The Secret” by a person called Rhonda Byrne.

http://thesecret.tv/behind.html


Apparently, “The Secret” is a self-help, spiritual concept that incorporates something called the, “Law of Attraction” which Byrne says has something to do with quantum physics(!).

Having done a cursory search on the internet about this, it is quite clear that it is fatuous nonsense of the highest order. My question is – how do you tactfully tell someone that they're flirting with irrationality?

[Ankou]

77. For those you work with or interact with regularly .. get a notebook
and write down positive aspects of each of those people.


i'd struggle with that on ab!

[Old_Geezer]

Since this is all your opinion I don't see you have any right to berate them for irrationality. No one has access to ultimate truth & understanding that others do not. You are entitled to state your opinion should you so desire, and then to let others be to hold different viewpoints to yourself.

[jomifl]

Ankou...?

[naomi24]

//I'll take one for the team!//

Thass a-boy! :o)

[Ankou]

i like jomifl. people say i’ve got no taste, but i like jomifl.

[birdie1971]

@Old_Geezer - “...Since this is all your opinion I don't see you have any right to berate them for irrationality. No one has access to ultimate truth & understanding that others do not...”

I agree that no one has access to any ultimate truth and/or understanding but that doesn't give people with 'faith' carte blanche to proselytise without having their beliefs questioned and scrutinised.

We berate people for having racist, sexist, and homophobic beliefs don't we? If a person openly stated that they thought that all homosexuals should be killed, then I would fervently hope that someone would berate them for their irrationality. Why should a person's spiritual beliefs get special dispensation from criticism if they attempt to convert you to their way of thinking?