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Originally Posted by Craig
Personally, I never understood the "logic" of religious belief. When I was about 12 I decided that it simply didn't make any sense and walked away. Later, I assumed that most people either "needed" something to believe in or were simply carrying on a family tradition. At some point, I just decided that I wasn't "wired" to believe in something without any empirical evidence, but some other people must be.
The part that I still don't understand is why some folks seem to want to "defend" their belief system and/or convince others that they should also believe. If someone chooses to believe in a specific "god," why would they care what others choose to believe? Do they believe that it is part of their duty to bring others into the flock? I'm not being a smart ass, I really don't get it.
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Duty is a big part of it. But definitely not all of it. Why do quantum physicists want to convince Newtonian physicists that they have an inadequate physical theory? Because the quantum physicist thinks they are right and the Newtonians wrong. Similarly with religious people.
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10-12-2010, 06:24 PM
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