To answer the OP, my reason for being religious was because I had no reason not to be. I was raised in it from infancy. All the adult authority figures who I loved and trusted were religious. They all assured me that this was true. There was no reason to doubt this until I became much older, but even then it was a long process of dismantling the brands that were burned into my mind before I could think for myself.
My observation of those who become religious as adults is that they are looking for comfort in delusion. They are too fragile to deal with reality as it is, whether that be external circumstances or their own flawed selves. I've seen this over and over. It seems to me that the people who are the most invested in fundamentalism are those who "need" it to be true.
My observation of those who become religious as adults is that they are looking for comfort in delusion. They are too fragile to deal with reality as it is, whether that be external circumstances or their own flawed selves. I've seen this over and over. It seems to me that the people who are the most invested in fundamentalism are those who "need" it to be true.
