What makes us believe things..?
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bradleybell goes to school
ANSWERS: 11
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Faith. Faith that there is a higher power. Faith that there is a purpose in life. Faith that everything happens for a reason. We believe to help give our life some sort of purpose.
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Faith and half capacity of mankind to understand the works of GOD!
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Superstition, gullibility, and bad parenting.
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Mental illness and/or sheer ignorace
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our gut
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Good question....I would have said that first something would have to at least appear believable, but clearly in the case of religion that’s just not so. In fact with Christian based religions in particular the more unbelievable something is the more they believe it. Weird or what? Most religious would call this faith, where as the rest of us would call it deliberate ignorance.
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Being naive makes you believe in way too many things.
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We are gullable?
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The need to believe lies in the nature of our minds which tends to wander. The mind needs an anchor or must be tied to a buoy to keep it from wandering without direction. A firm belief serves the purpose.
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The church tells you what to believe.
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Scientists call it the 'God Gene'.
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