Have you ever questioned your belief?

[Balthier]

Re: Have you ever questioned your belief?

@chacha_Ghalib

Good thread. Most people don’t in any meaningful sense.

Most of the questioning is done to confirm beliefs that people inherit. This results in nothing more than confirmation bias. That’s clear from the number of people who actually convert to a different religion or leave religion altogether. What are the chances that an overwhelming majority of people are born into the true religion?

Any inquiry into the veracity of beliefs you inherited can only be meaningful if the starting point is that it’s all false or that I’m willing to abandon those beliefs if they don’t make sense.

Most people are unwilling to start there or to go to that extent, so either there is zero questioning or it’s an exercise in rationalizing beliefs that you already consider to be true.

Excellent post. If there wasn’t such a stigma, taboo and even threat of violence associated with abandoning ones inherited beliefs, I think more people would dare to start at the point you mentioned, ie its all false and willingness to apostate if it does not make sense to you.