I think it is a well-known fact that where you are born is an extremely strong factor as to what religious belief you will adhere too. If you grow up in a Muslim family, you will most likely be Muslim. I think the average Joe is pretty much aware of that.
The belief most of us defend so vehemently is nothing else then the belief of our parents or in some case, our friend or a social group we belong too.
So on one side we have the Christian, on the other a Muslim. Both defend there religious belief, and both disagree with the other based on what? Based on a programming they received when they were young.
Let’s take a step back for a second. We know that both sides’ claims are pretty similar.
They both have stories about people converting to there religion after having an incredible experience that leaves no doubt on the validity of the said religion. But how can one be certain? How can one know for sure that they just weren’t born in the wrong place?
The only way of being certain is to use the brain we have to figure out as much as we can with the data we’re presented with. I mean, everyone can agree that the best way to understand our environment (and ourselves) is to study it, to ask question, to try and know why and how. We’ve seen countless of time what dogmatic belief can do, if we all followed what we were taught without asking question, the earth would still be flat, it would still be the center of the universe, and we would stone people who work on Sundays.
How can a scholar believe in a book written hundreds of years ago without even questioning the validity of the book. How can someone follow so blindly a belief just because that’s what everyone around him taught to be true.
Fear of death and ignorance
Fire, wind, water, earth. There was a time when we didn’t quite understand theses, and we labeled them gods out of ignorance.
I myself don’t believe in any religion, being the son of a muslim father and a Christian mother (both not practicing though) I’ve never really been programmed into believing in god.
I want to know what makes
you believe you are right? What drives you to defend your belief?
would it be by any chance simply because you were conditioned your whole life ?
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