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Re: A psychological question: "choose to believe" [message #443817 is a reply to message #443800] Sun, 13 February 2011 09:58 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Fear, hope, and tradition control the belief of god.

Fear that your afterlife will not be that of your liking if you do not believe.

Hope that god will somehow save you from misery and depression.

Tradition that says because our parents believe in it, we should too.

Quite honestly I don't give into any of these three. I'm with Hypnos as Spoony.....I need hard evidence, and let's be honest here....there is none supporting that god exists.

I also find myself agreeing with arghathol. It's much like the movie "The Book of Eli". The bible comforts many people, and gives them standards to live by in a mostly confused society. I believe in the belief of god. That is, that people truly believe there is a god, and I personally see that as a good thing. Some people do indeed need this belief in their lives. I'm not one of them, however.


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