Moderate Religious

[Der/die AtheistIn]

This applies to all moderate theistic religious (christians, jews, muslims, etc.). The ones who don't claim that their belief is better, that don't interpret their holy texts literally. My mom is one of them, she claims that we may never know if there's a God or not, but believing that a loving God who protects you will give you positive energy. It's like saying: "I don't know how the world works but I'll imagine it how I want it to be, because the reality can be scary". Why are they so emotionally connected to this, yet willing (or more likely) to change their opinion in every other aspect of life? And if they don't see their opinion as better, why are they insisting so much on it?

All of the religions you mentioned are by definition exclusive (explicitly rule out other possibilities/religions and claim they are the only way). The person you describe as 'moderate' is simply not an adherent and has invented their own version--a version you really can't then characterize as any of the three you mentioned. In other words, no person can redefine the words: "Christian", "Judiasm", and "Islam".

I think almost all humans are predisposed to believe in the supernatural so the result is that many create a hodgepodge of beliefs to satisfy that inclination--especially if they are not inclined to investigate and develop a systematic belief system.

Yeah, I also think that moderates don't really follow the actual religions (not very much, at the very least), but these moderates usaully consider themselves of particular faith.