True or false: Emotions and not logic makes all decisions regarding religion and politics.?

Question

After emotions makes the ultimate decision, logic is used to back it up.

This also applies to all Supreme Court decisions.

Answer 1

Yes emotions are created chemically in the brain as reactions to stimulus received, analyzed and categorized as to our preset subconscious truths. If we fear the world and have experienced a relief to that fear by a past association or communication from a religious group we will continue to seek that religious connection as a relief to that fear in the future. Even in the face of personal knowledge that the group represents a position that is totally illogical and without a shred of factual proof, we will follow for the pain treatment
when it returns. Only by finding a more appropriate and equally effective resolution of those fears can we rid ourselves of the crutch of religion.

Answer 2

More true for religion than politics. In politics, candidates actually discuss the issues and are encouraged to take sides based on facts.

In religion, it is all just emotional manipulation. This includes childhood indoctrination, which is the strongest type of emotional manipulation. If you can indoctrinate a child well enough, which isn't hard to do, they will tend to hold on to the beliefs into adulthood even in the face of counter-evidence.

Some examples of emotional manipulation are:
1) Love: The church tries to instill the idea that people can find great love within the church. They have various exercises to build that bond between people in the congregation. This is akin to the "love bombing" that cults use to get and keep converts.

2) Hate: The church also builds enmity towards those of different beliefs. In the Bible, it is often repeated to not listen to the arguments of those outside the church. Those of other beliefs are described as immoral, lost, depraved, and so on.

3) Pity: They use stories of martyrs, like Jesus, to play on people's empathy towards others.

4) Guilt: They dictate impossible lists of rules to follow to instill a sense of guilt in people which keeps them coming back to the pews for "forgiveness". The followers are often told how lowly they are, except for their god's mercy.

5) Greed: Followers are told that if they believe, they will get great rewards when they're dead.

6) Fear: Followers are told that if they don't believe, they will get great punishments and torture.

And there are others. Religions tend to use every trick in the book to get and keep converts. It's no wonder they are so popular.

One thing they don't have, though, is evidence and reason. (Though, they will do some trivial attempts at such, enough to satisfy believers.)

Answer 3

If you're saying that after having bad emotions for something in politics you will make up a logical explanation for other people to hear about the bad side of that politic thing you don't personally like than yes: this can be true in many cases.

Answer 4

The Bible tells us that the heart is decieving, in other words, your emotions are decieving. For instance, my emotions tell me that I love this certain girl and that I should have sex with her, but I know that if I were to do that she would get pregnant, I would have to start providing for her and the baby, and probably marry her. Instead, I use logic to sort all that out and realize that it's smarter to wait til I can already provide and am already married.

Answer 5

The logical fallacy of the false dichotomy. It is most likely both in both arenas, but you haven't left much room for such a discussion.

Answer 6

Not always...politics can be used, for example, to gain power as can religion...then the path is very calculated...

Answer 7

Unfortunately, yes.

Answer 8

True