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What makes people believe in religion?
#1
What makes people believe in religion?
i think it all comes down to this: 

confirmation bias
stockholm syndrome
battered person syndrome
fear of death
indoctrination from birth

cant find anything else that describes the causes of why a person would believe in religion

what do you think?
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#2
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
Ignorance
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#3
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
(February 16, 2017 at 4:32 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote: Ignorance

Yeah... pretty much...

Ignorance + fear of death + confirmation-bias + stockholm syndrome + arrogance
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#4
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
It depends on the person.
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#5
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
At the Pentacostal Church I used to go to, most of the other kool-aid drinkers were 2nd generation. (or longer)Well I half believed or not at all a lot of the weird charismatic stuff.

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#6
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
Programming.
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#7
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
Retardation.
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#8
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
False hope.
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#9
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
Get along with spouse

keep parents happy

business contacts

don't like Sunday morning political TV programming

to dispel suspicion

habit routine wait! Wut ? I don't have to go !!!!!
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#10
RE: What makes people believe in religion?
The devil made them do it.
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