(June 8, 2010 at 7:34 pm)Jocenel Wrote: How can people (like my mother) hold on to their faith so strongly? Is it because my mother has been taught that way? Is it because people can't stand the truth?
It's because she believes. Whatever her reasons are, I'm sure she has some. Maybe she had a personal experience, maybe she clings to what she was taught, maybe she just "feels" God's presence. Maybe it's a combination of all three or more. Honestly, I can't speak to why your mother believes, I don't know her, and only she can really tell you why.
People are also really great a mental compartmentalization. It is actually really easy for humans to possess contradictory thoughts.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." Benjamin Franklin
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