Restoring Faith After a Challenge to It

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So no I do not understand how people keep the faith. My parents still do, regardless of my fathers doubts. I think religion has produced A few decent people, but all I seen is the same greed and selfishness in religion (sometimes more so) as I see in real life. Honestly you want my opinion why they keep the faith. IT is because they are psychologically weak to depend on their selves, and come to terms that there is no loving god helping them. I think the thought scares them, so they produce cognitive dissonance. I am sorry to be so cynical, but I been in religion behind the doors for a long time. There is no magic in Christianity, and there is very little logical reason to believe a personal loving god cares.....I honestly think like I said fear and they justify by finding reasons why. *rant over*
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Close. Reverse it - Cognitive dissonance produces the delusion.