Do you believe; and why?

[samhain]

No. I've tried to and have even considered that it may be better for me overall to believe, but I just don't have it in me.

I just look at the world and it's multitude of cultures and belief systems, and it makes me very skeptical. People in each tribal group believe in something. Some of those groups are even interconnected with shared beliefs. Many of them, maybe even a majority, believe that others that do not believe exactly like them are going to be punished severely for it.

At the end of the day, a majority of these people are going to be dead wrong if even one of these cultures has it right. Like, as in, most of the world's population sentenced to eternal damnation.

I think that's bullshit. Nobody really knows a thing about what happens when we die or why we are here. The belief just gives them comfort. What you believe is generally an extension of your parenting and life experience. It's not overly objective on a grand scale. It's not a matter of examined belief, its a matter of what team you were born rooting for, at least for most people.