(January 22, 2012 at 7:06 pm)Blam! Wrote: Omniscient god goes down the drain, but so what's the crucial factor that drives them to believe their god, despite how nonsense their beliefs may be? An afterlife? Fear of divine punishment? Masochistic needs to be God's sheep?
All of the above. Plus, most of all, social control, a.k.a. fear of peer punishment and ostracism.