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Beliefs
Topic Started: Nov 6 2008, 01:31 AM (166 Views)
Rae
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I feel this should be a topic both philosophical in a way and possibly slightly religious (or against religion).

To prove my starting point for this discussion, I'll use the following examples.

When arguments are made supporting or going against controversial topics such as gay marriage and abortion, it sometimes seem almost impossible to argue beliefs. As hard as you try, it seems like the other person just can't get your point! But they're probably thinking the same thing.
Say I argue (as a Christian) with an older (or at least one who is against abortion) about whether or not abortion should be legal. I'm personally going to say, yes, because of how I've been raised and what my beliefs have been shaped to be, but he can't imagine saying yes, cause abortion would take lives away!

Also, if I argue with a non-Christian about God, what's the chance I will convert him? The thing is, we are all given the same FACTS; fossils, this earth, etc. The real difference comes in how we interpret these facts, and therefore what our beliefs turn out to be.

So the first question I'd like to ask goes something along the lines of, what shapes our beliefs? Why are the beliefs of the "young" generation so different than those of the older generations, alive or even hundreds of years back? Specifically for religious issues, how come in the past people were completely against them and now these beliefs are changing? Why/where do you think we got the original beliefs/morals of this world? Did the first people form it or was it a higher being?
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lightsilver
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I think it is because we, as a race, are becoming far less ignorant of life, and how it works. People born now, are growing up with more wildly known facts then generations ago.

Taking this to a completely, yet related path, people used to believe in a-biogenisis (I think that's what it's called, I don't think that's how you spell it). Basically they believed obserd things, such as leaving food somewhere causes the existence of ants (i.e the ants spawn from the food). As we, as a population became less ignorant, we don't have people thinking that anymore. It would seem quite silly to think that now, don't you think? We know, from experiments, that rats don't come from sweaty shirts, cockroaches don't come from flour.

I think the same can be said for religion. As we have more and more facts, more and more likely theories, people are beginning to be wean off of things like religion.

So basically I think all beliefs start out as as theories. The theory that is believed, is just what more people are willing to accept. Then from the fundamental theories, people stop and say "wait a minute, what if...", and then discover something. The discover changes beliefs. So our beliefs are conditioned and shaped from what we know. That would be what I would guess anyway :P
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