05-08-2019, 02:42 PM
Whenever I discuss topics of religious nature with my friends or colleagues that are of a theistic persuasion, I will often ask why they believe what they believe. Inevitably, I'm met with three very common response on most occasions:
It's a matter of faith.
I had an experience that caused me to believe.
It's the religion I was taught and raised in.
There are a myriad of other reason of course, but these I find to be overwhelmingly the most common. I find all three are curious in that they seem to forgo reasoned evaluation and logical conclusion. I've always been rather perplexed as to why people believe things without proper evidence, or at the very least, justified reasoning.
If there are those here who fall into one of more of those three common reasons for believing, I would be interested in discussing the process that you currently use to justify continued belief. If you have other reasons for believing, I'm open to having an engaging, respectful discussion about the as well.
I rather enjoy delving into to why people believe the things they do, and in the case of religion, what critical thinking processes are utilized to formulate and / or justify said belief.
It's a matter of faith.
I had an experience that caused me to believe.
It's the religion I was taught and raised in.
There are a myriad of other reason of course, but these I find to be overwhelmingly the most common. I find all three are curious in that they seem to forgo reasoned evaluation and logical conclusion. I've always been rather perplexed as to why people believe things without proper evidence, or at the very least, justified reasoning.
If there are those here who fall into one of more of those three common reasons for believing, I would be interested in discussing the process that you currently use to justify continued belief. If you have other reasons for believing, I'm open to having an engaging, respectful discussion about the as well.
I rather enjoy delving into to why people believe the things they do, and in the case of religion, what critical thinking processes are utilized to formulate and / or justify said belief.
