Is it because they need hope and purpose, Is it because we believe that we are so much more than we really are - animals just like the rest of the living creatures. And at what point were we given the right to yes and no - who or what gave us that - BELIEFE???!!!
2006-10-25 22:35:01 · 11 answers · asked by Henry D 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
thay do not require it the churches that tell them thay require belief and it is a lie atheists do not need it thay are not brainwashed
2006-10-25 23:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do humans require air?
Because they can't live without it.
Belief is any IDEA that a person is prepared to act upon.
If you decide to have bacon and eggs at the restaurant you believe in bacon and eggs and restaurants. You further believe that having bacon and eggs at that location will be pleasant.
Quite frankly you are in the mental process of belief during every waking moment. Without belief you would not move.
Your question is really: Why do humans believe ideas which go beyond every day experience. The answer is simply because we can.
As for purpose, staying alive defines that for us as well as animals.
As for hope, we were born with more or less of it and that is all most humans know of God. Hope is the only experience of God that many people will ever have. You are very correct in saying we use belief to produce hopes but those hopes are usually of short duration and we still haven't explained Why we hope?
There is no correct answer in the first ten responders. One person states that belief is a gift. They have belief and faith confused.
//////////Stick with the questions about belief and faith. You are digging in a spot where treasure is hidden. If you functionally define belief and faith in your head, and relate them to your own emotions, you will be in a position to know all things.
2006-10-26 07:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because we are all ignorant and weak.
We don't know how to solve our problems and we don't have strength to overcome difficulties. At desperate moments we rely on any power - even imaginary power or evil power - which leads us to a silly death.
If we rightly realized earlier this fact and seeked for the divine guidance from the Divine Messenger of the One True God, we would learn the perfect lessons to conduct a knowledgeable and mighty life, then the case is completely different.
Belief, as mentioned here, is not blind imitation, but it is consciuos knowledge, resolution to live a good life and to act in accordance to the divine teachings.
2006-10-26 05:50:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because we need an explanation for how and why we are here, the bible give us that and also it inspires hope and helps people get thru suffering and the pain of a lost loved one who has passed away.
2006-10-26 05:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by Speak freely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a need built inside us put there by the Creator.
I Cr 13;8a,
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2006-10-26 05:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Belief is what you get when you are ignorant of the real answer.
2006-10-26 05:42:14 · answer #6 · answered by Zariza Burgundie Rose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because one day, everyone will either learn to spell or use the spell-checker - that is my belief.
2006-10-26 05:38:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we have no belief then what's the point?
2006-10-26 05:42:07 · answer #8 · answered by tgypoi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ability to think and wonder. Hope maybe.
2006-10-26 05:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have no beleif then you have no hope. who wants to feel that were doing all this for nothing???
2006-10-26 05:42:20 · answer #10 · answered by eightieschick70 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋