2006-08-20 15:52:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Many people try to shove Religion Or their Lack of religious belief(atheists) down your throat because they are not comfortable or certain about their own beliefs themselves Or they were on the receiving end of bad experiences in regards to other beliefs!
2006-08-20 16:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by thart090 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares. Every religion has problems. Every religion can be attacked on one thing or another. If you had studied the ancient history of India there is no reference to any religion - Hinduism itself was classified as a "religion" when the British came in India.
Up until that time it the divisions were based on language, and caste.. Thats what I think.. Anytime you want to control people you must first know how to divide them - this is what the British did, they invented concepts of race, religion, language, state, country, status, etc etc...
2006-08-21 00:33:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A basic human psychological trait is to join and identify yourself with a group or category. Our brains do this automatically all the time. That's why stereotyping and discrimination is such a tough problem.
People like having a feeling of self-identity. They like feeling like they belong. The feelings become especially strong when beliefs and emotions are a big factor, such as religion.
2006-08-20 23:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by Selene V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people lean toward the supporting or believing whatever religion they grew up with. Similar to believing many customs that parents teach kids at an early age.
2006-08-21 02:25:52 · answer #4 · answered by Sociallyinquisitive 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have to choose sides because there is right and wrong, good and evil, Jesus, and Satan, etc. The problem is we choos what we like, want, or think instead of where or study or the truth leads us.
2006-08-21 00:04:04 · answer #5 · answered by mcneiltony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you have to choose who you're going to believe.,and serve
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD,choose you this day whom ye will serve;
Psalm 24:1 THE earth is the LORD'S,and the fullness thereof;the world and they that dwell therein
2006-08-20 23:07:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people have a lot of faith in something, usually that faith is absolute. When someone identifies that they do not have the same faith it diminishes their notion that their faith is absolute or the only true way, because not everyone feels the same. This makes people upset, angry, hateful. Usually these emotions come from fear.
2006-08-21 02:04:25 · answer #7 · answered by icelusx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to choose. Just be prepared for some people to not accept you for your lack of choice. I say be a good person and you'll be fine.
2006-08-20 23:36:21 · answer #8 · answered by Teresa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People don't have to choose....people choose to choose..there is a difference...
2006-08-21 05:36:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people are all so different and have varying levels of intelligence and different ways of seeing things.
2006-08-20 23:28:59 · answer #10 · answered by Leila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋