(February 22, 2015 at 3:46 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(February 22, 2015 at 12:08 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: What if the Muslims are right, does he then change his tune on sharia law, suicide bombings, and beheadings, does he then worship that god? I think that's always an interesting question to pose to believers who are arguing the superiority of their religion over another.
That's right. Your question gets right to the point: faith is a matter of indoctrination. That's why religions generally are regional.
How hard is it to break one's indoctrination? I know for myself it was a difficult, unplanned process which took a couple of years. I would imagine that losing faith altogether is probably easier than transferring faith to another deity. The former has reality pushing you along the road to factuality. The latter means that you have to be able to not only abandon your own just-so story, but to adopt another, equally ridiculous one.
Yes I agree the indoctrination is very hard to break, mine went something like this: Catholic, Deist, Pararormal/Woo, Lost, Atheist.
