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Originally Posted by I Love :)
My parents being Christian and what not, raised me to follow the same religion. But is it normal to have doubts over religion? I was thinking, "Why does every religion claim to be correct?" So somewhere along the line, somebody is lying. But I don't know what's correct and what is false.
Will somebody help me here?
Is there direct evidence that God DID/DID NOT exist? I DON'T want an arguement here, just reassurance one way or another...
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There is no direct evidence for what god did because there's no direct evidence god actually existed. The only evidence is an ancient book with a ridiculous amount of contradictions, etc... .
The way that people believe in whatever it is they believe in, when it comes to religion is by faith and faith alone. It acknowledges that there is no hard evidence for you be to right or wrong, the only evidence ends up being as what you perceive and what you think is right or wrong religiously.
It's very normal to have doubts over it and in the end, some people just don't know if there is a god, some believe there is, some don't and some believe it may exist. If you don't want to believe or disbelieve, then that's your choice.
I believe people tell others they're wrong by ways of simply saying "look, this book says that and this book says it's right" because it's easier to challenge other peoples' beliefs than to challenge one's own belief. It's easier and usually more pleasurable to know you are right, however, you end up having 1000+ sides thinking they're right. Some may debate by more logic means but ignoring those, it's a matter of reinforcement and to an extent, fear that if you're wrong, then you're flat on your ass not knowing where to go. People strive to be in a group and so once you think you're out of the group, people get uncomfortable.
There are other theories concerning it, such as Max Weber's view that religion serves as an escape route for those who feel overwhelmed by the "iron cage" of bureaucracy and science. This "iron cage" he viewed as a conceptual idea that human diversity gets squashed out by the very things we created. To him, religion is a way out by burying your head in the sand and not knowing what the world of science and bureaucracy are doing. He then constructed models of rationality (he believed behaviors or actions had to be meaningful for people to do) and traditional-rationality is you do something one way because that's how it was done before. Doesn't mean it's right. He was a famous sociologist and did plenty of sociological work in many areas.