Was reading an article recently about a research conducted by the University of Yale telling that our beliefs and prejudices shape people's reaction to pleasure and pain.
According to this study, pleasure is guided by what we know or think we know about the object or person with whom we interact.
Don't you think this is a huge limitation to human beings?
If you have a prejudice against Asians, Negros, etc it means that you could have a great sex with them, but because of your prejudice you would not enjoy it... I mean you could miss great things in your life cause of a stupid prejudice.
Isn't it a kind of contradictory conclusion?
Let's take an example of adultery, to which most of Religions are against... It means that someone whose belief tells it is wrong to go for adultery shouldn't feel pleasure on it right?! Well, actually if that is right the study is wrong... and it wouldn't be so many divorces around!
On the other hand if your beliefs and prejudices are against same sex practices it means you will automatically react badly when faced with such situations...
The issue is complex but we cannot deny everybody is a result of all the inputs received in their lives and when it comes to religious beliefs at certain point in time everybody will cross some of its boundaries and maybe find out that the devil is not that bad after all.
When it comes to prejudices I really believe this is a huge limitation in our lives and only brings bad consequences making human beings to private themselves of great opportunities and achievements. Prejudice leads always to anger and violence and its consequences could be devastating for society. That's why it is important to have laws to protect anyone, mostly minorities and make use of them to curb abuses.
Living a Prejudice free life is a huge difficulty once our prejudices lie mostly on our Religious beliefs and in this sense neither churches, synagogues, mosques do anything positive. They incite prejudices and violence.
Which society can afford having its minorities of any kind being attached by Beliefs and Prejudices?!
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