Why do people believe in something they can't validate?
@spiderlizard22 (3444)
United States
March 23, 2009 10:51pm CST
What could possibly happen to you or someone else where they know or think that deities exist.
2 responses
@maezee (41988)
• United States
24 Mar 09
It's blind faith, of course, which is usually passed down from generation to generation or is something that your culture practices. Another idea is that people WANT to believe it; it gives them peace of mind to do so. I think almost everyone believes in at least ONE thing they can't validate - for me, I believe in karmic retribution, and not because I have any scientific proof that such exists, but because I simply like to think "what comes around goes around", and it gives me peace of mind.
@maezee (41988)
• United States
24 Mar 09
I don't know - I feel like anything you can't validate is "blind", considering you have no actual proof that what you believe in exists. "Blind" might have a negative connotation, but I don't mean to insinuate that people follow beliefs without thinking about them. I just think a lot of people who believe in things don't always question them.
@hewhoeatspie (111)
• United States
24 Mar 09
There's this thing out there, it's called faith. Faith is believing in something that may have little or no evidence. Science actually requires faith as well (not that believing in deities is not science). The beginning of the world, or evolution, can simply never be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, so you must just accept what you believe by faith.
