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Newguest Posted 15 years ago
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More or less/so we firmly believe
Hi
WE do not believe that there are many who deliberately think negative
thoughts. Most people mean well and want to do good and be good (not
goody, goody). But, nevertheless, most of us are wrong thinkers, more
or less, and this is due, so we firmly believe, mainly to ignorance.
Because it is not generally known that negative thoughts are highly
destructive, we ignorantly indulge in them, thinking that they do no
harm.
Does "more or less" refer to "wrong thinkers"? So most of us think wrong thoughts more or less. The word "more or less" sounds strange to me here. Is there any other phrase that would work as well as "more or less" here?
Does "so we firmly believe" mean the same as "as we firmly believe"?
WE do not believe that there are many who deliberately think negative
thoughts. Most people mean well and want to do good and be good (not
goody, goody). But, nevertheless, most of us are wrong thinkers, more
or less, and this is due, so we firmly believe, mainly to ignorance.
Because it is not generally known that negative thoughts are highly
destructive, we ignorantly indulge in them, thinking that they do no
harm.
Does "more or less" refer to "wrong thinkers"? So most of us think wrong thoughts more or less. The word "more or less" sounds strange to me here. Is there any other phrase that would work as well as "more or less" here?
Does "so we firmly believe" mean the same as "as we firmly believe"?
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Newguest Does "more or less" refer to "wrong thinkers"? Yes. Most of us are wrong thinkers.
- Newguest Does "more or less" refer to "wrong thinkers"?
- Yes.
- Most of us are wrong thinkers.
- Some of us more; some of us less.
- That is, some of us fit this description better; some of us fit this description less well.
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NewguestDoes "more or less" refer to "wrong thinkers"?Yes. Most of us are wrong thinkers. Some of us more; some of us less. That is, some of us fit this description better; some of us fit this description less well.
NewguestDoes "so we firmly believe" mean the same as "as we firmly believe"?Approximately, yes.
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Hi Calif. Thanks for the answer.
By the way, by "wrong thinkers" he means "we don't know how to think" or "we think wrong thoughts"?
By the way, by "wrong thinkers" he means "we don't know how to think" or "we think wrong thoughts"?
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Hi,
It means we have bad or wrong thoughts we'd better leave them behind.
Regards
It means we have bad or wrong thoughts we'd better leave them behind.
Regards
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