(September 17, 2013 at 11:47 am)Zone Wrote: So why do you have faith in that particular religion and not in Hinduism?I can't find enough info on the founders of Hinduism to evaluate it, for one thing.
Quote:Does what is true reflect the geographical location you happened to be born in?No, what one believes reflects the culture they were born into.
Quote:You could be happier wiped fully clean and purified from all traces of religious faith and dogma for all you know.Maybe, but doubtful. Most studies show that, absent poverty, believers and non-believers are pretty close in happiness, with believers slightly ahead in majority believing countries and vice-versa.
Quote:I suppose you have to chose to do in most instances but it is very easily done. Unless there is some hard evidence to demonstrate the specific truth claims as Christopher Hitchen's once said what can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.What constitutes evidence is different in different people.