(March 4, 2014 at 8:29 am)JesusLover1 Wrote: I often have trouble evaluating things for myself, and when I see that so many believe, it feels like there has to be something that makes them believe that we can't see, how can it just be because they were told so as a child?
Yes, there might be a lot of people believing the same thing. That could be said of any religion. Are all religions true then? It's been proven that people would rather follow the herd than go their own way. Read this article for more on this:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2007/11/i-cant-...ing-to.php
From personal experience, and from talking to a lot of people that were in the same boat, I have seen the effects that growing up with the same thing said over and over again, can do. It eventually becomes a part of you. Example: If you grow up in a household where you're constantly being told you're not worthy, you're ugly, etc, you are going to believe it and it's going to be so deeply ingrained in your self/psyche that it will be extremely difficult to let go of and believe the opposite to be true. Then when the day comes when someone challenges those beliefs, you're not going to budge, or believe them, or you're going to be confused. You will most likely fight against it. But it's only because it's been ingrained into you for so long. You have the right to break free. You have the right to ask questions and have them answered. You're your own person, so don't let others try and make you someone THEY want you to be.
