zaayrdragon said:
Question - could it be that one of the problems with those who have such powerful faith in things like religion be that they regard fact as another form of belief, rather than as fact?
I know, for example, that I don't have to believe in a fact for the fact to be true; and therefore, if I'm shown wrong about a fact, I concede myself to be wrong.
Yet it often feels to me like those who argue for their beliefs tend to ignore or downplay fact as if it were merely a conflicting belief.
I'm sorry if I'm not clear - the thought only just occured to me, and is still sitting in a hypothetical pool of essential amniotic fluid...
I could be wrong but I think they regard religion, god, moses, abraham, etc, as fact. I believe that people are programmed at a young age to accept religion as fact.
Mom and dad believe, grammy and grampy believe, aunt joan and uncle frank believe, my neighbors are in church every sunday, my school teacher and classmates believe, my friends parents believe, mr jones, who runs the local store believes, so why should I question it? It has to be fact if so many people believe, right? Nobody say's "We believe that God created the world." They say "God created the world and all living things in it." That's a fact statement programmed into the brain.
When you start questioning their fact you'd best duck! When you make them question it, duck again!
I do not mean any disrespect to anybody but how many of you believe in God because you had proof of his existance?
How many of you believe in God because it is what you have been taught since birth?
I believed because I had been taught since birth. I accepted God as fact because I was taught that way. When I was made to question my beliefs I was first angry, then curious. Then I went on a soul searching quest for truth.
I've discovered that God, religion the whole kit and kaboodle is not a scientific proven fact.
Does this cause me to dis-believe it now? Guess that is not important for ya'll to know.
Yep, it was a big shock when I discovered that all the religious facts about god, moses, jesus, and noah's ark, could not be proven. Finding that there was no santa or tooth fairy wasn't that devasting because I didn't hear about them that often, but God, Noah's Ark, the burning bush, Abraham and Isaac! They were in my home on a daily basis so that was a little more devastating.
I've always been one to question everything, but with religion the number one thing pounded into my head was "Don't question it."
Honestly, how many others who are firm believers in God, have been taught since infancy to believe?
