I think people believe what they believe because they need some explanation for that which cannot be fully known. It's a simple as that. The human mind is curious, it suffers, it pines for knowledge. When it cannot have what it wants, it tends to fill in this void with the best substitute, which often consists of faith, contemplation, educated guesses, profound imagination, sublime thoughts, etc. It's in our nature; our brains are wired that way. This process is driven by the pursuit of knowledge and hope.
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Originally Posted by luciferase75
"If The Bible proves the existence of God, then comic books prove the existence of Superheros."
I don't know who said it first, but I applaud the statement it makes.
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While pithy and humorous, this doesn't actually work. The Bible is a set of sacred writings that teach morality, while comic books are stories of varying themes. Both can teach us many things, but neither proves the existence of anything. That is not their function.