Edge writes:
Belief allows one to have certainty without evidence. The less evidence one has, the more adamant must be the belief because without a degree of certainty, we become enervate, helpless frightened.
Hi edge, I think this is a true to a great degree for many people.
But this also depends on the person. I know plenty of skeptics and empiricist who hold their beliefs to a high degree of scrutiny.
Beliefs may
allow certainty without evidence, but it does not demand it. That's the job of religious dogma imo.
"You were not there for the beginning. You will not be there for the end. Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative" William S. Burroughs