RE: possible answer to why you should believe
October 22, 2014 at 10:48 am
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2014 at 10:51 am by jeroenymo.)
(October 22, 2014 at 10:38 am)pocaracas Wrote: Human beliefs are complex.
It is safe to say that most people who believe in the existence of a deity do so out of indoctrination.
But "most" is not "all".
Fear plays a role after the belief takes root.... the fear of what would happen in the person leaves the faith... which then can extend to fear for those who don't believe.... which can then extend to fear OF those who don't believe.
I think you worded that nicely. Atheists who then claim those people are too close minded are too bold with that statement. The fear is well grounded, more so than fear for rats imho. You dont simply convince a theist that he is wrong. You can only hope that indoctrination is slowly declining due to the revolution of hypercommunication that is going on, allowing everyone to see both sides of the coin.
Indoctrination is wrong, not only in religion, also in politics and, yes, even science. Certain more advanced parts of science still rely on theories that havent been directly physically been proven (i.e. im thinking of the 4 major forces: gravity, electromagnetic, strong nuclear, weak nuclear). Though students are educated this way and simply see it as truth.
Religion however, is not wrong.
