RE: Why do people believe in God?
June 4, 2010 at 9:03 pm
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2010 at 9:05 pm by The_Flying_Skeptic.)
(June 4, 2010 at 12:37 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Does everyone believe because they see real benefit? Isn't that the only reason you'd change from position A to position B? Sometimes that benefit may be selfish/ driven by selfish ambition.
i can see why someone would maintain a belief based for its benefits rather than its truth. many people grew up with religion and only have friends through their religious group making it harder to leave the idea... You have to start making new friends all over when it comes to converting from religions in some cases. I know someone that was silenced from speaking about her slightly different beliefs in her church.