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In your opinion why don't religious people understand reality?
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∙ 12y ago
Reality frightens them and the promise of everlasting life is irresistible.
There are many reasons religious people have such strong beliefs. For most people religious belief provides a reason for living, structure, rules to live by, someone in charge of a chaotic world and a strong belief that words in the form of prayer can actually have an impact on human events. It provides comfort for those who would find it terrifying to be alone in the world and responsible for their own behavior and well being. It teaches there is some omnipotent force watching everything each human does, protecting from danger, punishing for bad deeds and rewarding for good deeds and personal sacrifice. It allows that one person whose home was not destroyed by a tornado to exclaim that, "God was watching over me!" (Few question why God was not watching over those other families.)
Religion teaches that believers are superior in character than non-believers and they will be rewarded in the "next" life. It provides an excuse for oppression and a forum in which to establish hierarchies that allow the desires of men to be expressed through the will of God. It is a way to control people. It provides a scapegoat for misbehavior (the devil made me do it). It is a way to make certain people rich beyond imagination.
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