They don't beleive in fairies, Bigfoot, or people having telekenisis, etc.
But they'll readily believe any story/tale involving God and Jesus and the existence of angels and an afterlife. I don't understand that mentality.
2007-11-28 01:21:57 · 22 answers · asked by Football girl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Its all about blind faith and fear of the unknown and death.
They probably know somewhere deep down whats in store...nothing. But thats a hugely depressing thing to look forward to. Knowing we just die and decompose in the earth, and thats it isn't a very positive thing to look forward to.
Looking at all the logical arguments is going against there dream, so they block that out.
So why not make up something more positive and make your life worth living, even if you know deep down its unlikely to happen. Living a dream or lie is better than facing reality sometimes.
I firmly beleive strong religious beliefs are a based on an irrational response to a genuine psychological fear and a need to explain life itself.
You can't rationalize or reason with bible thumpers because they aren't reasonable and rational. If they were, then they'd be open to hearing and actually consider the flaws and holes in their belief systems. If they still chose to believe in it, fine, at least they listened.
But they aren't like that because there IS a mental block there that they don't want to let themselves get passed. Its a real psychological issue.
2007-11-28 02:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by Cal A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I readily believe in God, Jesus, the afterlife, and angels.
Fairies... I'm not inclined to believe in them. Bigfoot on the other hand is a possibility. After all, there have been reported sightings of all sorts of creatures that were thought to only be imaginary just a few years ago, and now they have been sighted, caught, photographed, etc.(e.g. giant squid, Coelacanth, giant pigs, to name a few). Telekinesis, that probably exists, even if I've never seen it happen and probably never will. Most Christians would probably ascribe anything like that to evil spirits (this is the tendency for anyone who is ignorant to do, blame it on the devil or God, whichever seems more reasonably) rather than learn why or how that can occur. At any rate, that's my opinion...
2007-11-28 09:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by gilfinn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's the way they've been brought up by society. Imagination, fairies, bigfoot, telekenisis, etc., is stuff for fantasy novels and crazy people hiking in the woods with cameras. It's been ingrained in people's heads that there is a God somehwere out there. So, really, we're all behaving like a bunch of pre-programmed droids in our belief system. For what it's worth, I believe every myth is based in truth of some sort.
2007-11-28 09:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Evadne Soleil 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I really don't know. But I couldn't live with out that feeling of being open to possibility.
I think we all need that sense of magic in our lives! And just maybe they are real...that "into the myst feeling".
Many Fundamentalist Christians do not believe in ghosts, cause they know verses they seem to them to say, we got directly to heaven, etc, and they want to believe that.
I feel, if the person was close to you in real life, Why on earth wouldn't they want to be there for you now?
And help ya through things, or tell where they hid the money?
Right when you're rent is due, and they know that? I know I would!
2007-11-28 09:32:14 · answer #4 · answered by smoothsoullady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its like the other people said here...it's all a matter of faith...plus the bible not only is a religious book, but it's also a book of history....things that actually have happened and there is scientific proof. I don't think we have scientific proof that there are fairies flying around. But I have never judged anyone for what they believe in. Nice pic by the way! : )
2007-11-28 09:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by Javi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People readily accept those ideas that tend to explain the general sense of life - such as why and what for people live and when life started. Throughout its history humanity has asked these questions and tried to get answers for that. And religion gives them - they are to be got through belief.
Stories about extraordinary phenomena (fairies, aliens, Big Foot) don't have too much material evidence to prove themselves. Nowdays people choose emperical means of getting knowledge (I believe only in the things that I can percieve or observe - see, feel, touch). Given lack of material evidence, those ones arouse suspesion in peole. They don't give such value as, say, explaining sense of life.
2007-11-28 09:40:39 · answer #6 · answered by wondersz1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's some stories in the bible that kinda remind me of some ancient stories from pre-bible days. Hey there could be telekinesis, bigfoot, and fairies. :) People say God exists because a book says so... I guess we should believe everything on the news too. ;)
2007-11-28 09:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by Devon R 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't understand it either people believe blindly, they have no proof, just because a book says so doesn't make it true, yet they believe it regardless.
For example: Christian and musslem say that each others beliefs are false. how do they know whats true or not.
2007-11-28 09:29:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don’t understand either, after all Jesus and the preconception think is just a fairytale…right?
2007-11-28 09:31:59 · answer #9 · answered by Chris 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its totally weird. I don't understand it either. Obviously the brainwashing they received at an early age effected their ability to reason.
2007-11-28 09:25:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋