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Contradicting religious beliefs.

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flobadob | 19:13 Sat 24th Jul 2010 | Society & Culture
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It seems that whatever aspects of religious beliefs held they can almost always be disproven to a certain extent. For example someone could say the bible was written by God, and it could be proven that it was written by man and so on and so forth. I just wonder why so many people are religious when, if they put forward they're held views and beliefs a lot of them could be contradicted with evidence?
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Well your example is not that simple. One answer given is that the bible was written by humans under the divine inspiration of God. Another answer is that of course the bible wasn't written by God. You cannot prove that God does not exist (or that She does)...its called faith......
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I'm not talking about disproving God, I'm talking about disproving widely held beliefs or theories.
The reason so many people are religious is that it is drummed into them every day from the day they are born, and with such intensive brainwashing it is very difficult for those neural pathways to be broken any time thereafter.
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Agreed, which is why I'm wondering why, even when a held view can be challenged with evidence, why people continue to believe?
Because they refuse to consider anything that contradicts their beliefs. We have had an example on here recently of someone who believes that God determines the sex of child 40+ days after conception and who refuses to look the mound of proven evidence to the contrary detailing the real facts. That's what brainwashing does to people.
Methinks its down to intellect/wisdom/experience/age but at the end of a day repetitive prayers are good for insomnia :)
Aside from the amoral philosophy and bizarre claims that conflict with known facts the Bible contains numerous inconsistencies between stories. The faithful refuse to acknowledge this and prefer to claim that it is being misrepresented by people with malicious agenda.

Their faith is the foundation of their entire existence and anything that conflicts is automatically presumed to be a misunderstanding. These people are a lost cause and there is little point to trying to get them to change.

Better to focus on preventing young people from indoctination so that these disgusting stoneage beliefs eventually die out.
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//These people are a lost cause and there is little point to trying to get them to change.//

You are talking about probably 90% of society. Why is there no majority rules in this case?
Majority rules? What, you mean because they believe lies and promote superstition, the rest of us should concede that they're right? Heaven(?) forbid! Fortunately some of us retain possession of our own intellect and hence our ability to reason.

Beso is right. These people are a lost cause, and unless they stop filling their children's heads with this nonsense, they too will become a lost cause - and so it continues. It's a sad world.
In many cases...me included, I don't want to not believe. People loosely follow a religion out of fear. Just in case....

I've made no secret of the fact that I cherry pick......

My Mother has put me off a great deal....NO, GOD DID NOT MAKE ME DO THAT...I DID.!!!
ummmmm ///People loosely follow a religion out of fear. Just in case.... ///

So you follow a little of all religions just in case they are the right one? I don't have that much spare time.
No...lol

I'm a Catholic....not a very good one but a Catholic nontheless.
What if the Moslems are right?
They're not...!!
Ummmm, I know we have discussed this before about cherry picking, I don't really have a problem that you cherry pick.

I also remember you saying, that you like to think that your deceased parent is looking down on you and its a nice thought that she is in a lovely place.

My Mother recently passed away, I also like to think she is in a better place and that she can look down on me and I kind of believe that but in reality, I also know it isn't a fact.

The fact is, my Mother passed peacefully, she was an extremely devoted and caring mother (she also looked after the elderly, like I do) My heart and mind still hold so much love and feeling for, so many fond memories If there is a heaven she would be there but I know there isn't. I still see my Mother looking down on me, I still see her in a peaceful place with no pain and suffering.

What we conjure up in our minds is from the memories and all the love we had and still have for these kind, loving folk, it doesn't need to be about any god.

Ummm, I'm not trying to change your beliefs, what I'm saying is you don't need to cherry pick, I have all the same thoughts and desires for my lovely Mum, but I have these without bringing afterlife or religion into it.

Either way, the most important part of all this is that you feel that your Mum is in a lovely place and that she still looks down on you and smiles, my Mum does the same every day. best wishes :-)

I don't believe in the rainbow Bridge either but what a lovely thought.

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ummmm. I agree the Moslems are wrong but it is quite obvious the Catholics are wrong too.
My Mums alive RATTER. It's my Dad that died. I'll get a picture of her....have a look on FaceBook.

She's a religious nut though. I remember painfully sitting in my Grandads house and her telling him he'll be going to hell unless he repents his sins. He was about 80 at the time....I find that behaviour really un-nerving..

My Dad's was Catholic and Mum Protestant but she brought us up Catholic as she vowed when they got married. The best day of my Dads life was the day I said I don't want to go to mass anymore...

She was a great Mum....until she found God :-(
Beso....some are. The same with every religion.
oooops sorry about that uuuum, I actually thought it was your Dad but then I started going on about my mum and got crossed over.

I actually have a sneaky suspicion that have many doubts over religion but not quite prepared to take hold of the horns of that proverbial bull.

We all need to just be happy in our beliefs at the end of the day.

Ummm I don't believe I have you on Facebook do I?

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