slave2six
Substitious
They generally do because they have been indoctrinated by their parents. It's a vicious cycle. Only those who are brave enough to step away from a religion and think for themselves make any real progress. But in some religions, leaving the religion also results in strained or fractured relationships within the immediate family. Then in other religions, speaking out against the religion can result in death or a call for your death (I'm thinking of Salmond Rushdie here.) In either case, "faith" is more important to such people than intellectual honesty. When we can get people to the point where they are willing to have a rational discussion about their faith, that's when real progress can be made. I don't mean progress in terms of who is right and who is wrong but more in terms of people actually listening to each other without becoming hateful or violent. If the Muslim world was ever to introduce the tolerance of non-Muslim or anti-Muslim discussion that would be a huge leap for mankind. Christianity has progresses (or eroded) enough in this regard that at least the discussions can be had.Exactly, I don't want to believe in something like that. I can't understand why people do...
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