(September 25, 2015 at 2:53 am)Ronkonkoma Wrote:(September 24, 2015 at 9:38 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: Translation: People who believe already do so before anything is explained or understood. Those who don't believe are not impressed with any of the rationalizations given for unexplained belief.
You're absolutely right. It's a mater of TRUST. Trust vs. no trust is completely irrational. Mostly mediated by oxytocin at the level of the more "primitive" parts of the brain. Not the logical part at all.
By the way, women tend to be less trusting than men, initially. Are you a woman?
Trust plays a crucial part of many kinds of human interactions. No doubt. When you're raised in a religion, it tends to lead you to knit justifications for those religious beliefs.
But once you're out, no longer believe any of that stuff, you lose the propensity to justify the beliefs you raised with. Then it seems strange that people would believe those things and their justifications look as useless as they actually are.
I'm not a woman but I sure like them.
