Edvard Munch
Bluelighter
You're basically asking why people believe different things. More so why people can hold very different beliefs as sacred, complete truths.
What have you been taking/why are creating problems for yourself?
Incorrect. As PA eloquently stated, it's not a question of psychology/sociology, but that of convictions of any kind and the un-yielding spirit to at least make consideration that another persons convictions exists, as strongly as their own. As I see it, and as silly and stupid as this may sound, a person with a conviction about an idea, whether it's religion or not, essentially states that anyone without his/her conviction doesn't exist. Sounds silly, right?
You can be raised in a well-to-do Jewish home and follow said beliefs as you'd had experiences in life which has convinced you that Judaism is the correct God, but that very psychology essentially states that another person, who feels the same about Taoism, doesn't exist. How can they if the Jewish faith is correct? These two people are BOTH convinced.
Don't expect to understand where the emotions of others are coming from until you've walked in their shoes.
There is no way to truly walk in another's shoes.
Thats exactly it. I simply have no idea where these people are coming from or why faith can induce thoughts about ethereal things as clearly as they can see the color blue.
Its up to you to determine which belief is telling the truth.
The First Cause of limitless space must be infinite
The First Cause of endless time must be eternal
The First Cause of boundless energy must be omnipotent
The First Cause of infinite complexity must be omniscient
The First Cause of love must be loving
The First Cause of life must be living
Thus the First Cause of the universe must be an infinite, eternal, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, personal, volitional, holy, loving and living being. So the question is which God, Elohim or Allah, best fits this description.
You said a whole lot of nothing by using many words. You can interchange that post with half the threads in this forum.
man, this reads like a first year philosophy student conversation.
why do people get hysterical and believe incompatible ideas? because they are people, they are scared, they want to feel like they understand the world, they want to feel like they are loved, that something cares, it doesn't matter if they rationally know they can't. feelings win over reason most of the time.
FUCKING EXACTLY. Why am I so confused about this simple question? What am I missing that I cant stop being baffled about how people emote/think up truth's that incinerates all other people that think differently? That other persons conviction, that doesn't meet their own, doesn't exist. These people are sure of their God just as plainly as they can see the sky.
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