Why do we believe what we believe?

Question

Its weird does it have facts or does it have logic or if thats the same word sorry but i just wanted to know?

Answer 1

what i believe gives meaning to my feeble life and existence. my belief shows a light to the path in this dark and uncertain world. my belief gives me immense hope. i just look up to it.

"I will lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth." King David Psalms 121:1,2

Answer 2

First of all, I don't think that there can be a definite answer to such a broad question. It would be hard enough to fully explain why person A believes X even if it was a specific person and a specific belief.
So I will only attempt to give you one point of view, presented by Aristotle in a book called "Rhetoric". He thought that there are three elements in a belief "logos" (reason) "ethos" (character) and "pathos" (emotion). So holding a belief is not purely a matter of facts and reasoning, but it needs all three elements. People have different dispositions and accordingly they believe in different ways. Some are more reasonable and tend to follow logical explations easily. Some are more emotional and tend to believe things because they fear or are repulsed by their opposite, or intuitively feel that something must be true. Beliefs can also be affected by sympathy. If you feel sympathetic toward someone, you are more likely to believe what they say.

I can't explain this as well as it could be explained. But what appeals to me about it is the idea that for a genuine belief you need all three. Reason alone may be enough to tell you that 1+1=2 but to have the kind of conviction you need to act on a belief, you need more than that. How much more depends on your disposition. Anyway, if you're interested, you can probably find better expositions of the theory by using google.

Answer 3

People have different reasons for what they believe. Some believe in only what they see. Some beilieve in something do to fear and look for comfort. I really don't know what i believe in myself. I have a lot of searching to do.

Answer 4

Facts, reason, knowledge and experience are what I use to determine what I believe. But this is a minority view point, otherwise Faith would disappear.............Wishful thinking on my part.

Answer 5

because thats just what we believe

Answer 6

i dont understand your question...does what have facts or logic...be more specific so u can get good responses...

Answer 7

the way we are reared, the environment, our peers those are some of the things that shape our beliefs

Answer 8

because that's what we wanna believe that's why we believe in it...sounds confusing? so your quetion is...
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