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Originally posted by TheKak
Most people come to beliefs because they are raised that way. People choose what they choose for a reason, and you cant just up and make yourself believe something else unless you really have a valid reason for making the switch (a valid reason in your own mind). Even if you see that a switch would be good, if you cant justify a switch in terms of validity over another argument, then you will just be faking it. Actually I think most people are scared into being Christian by a fear of burning in hell, not by a promise of heaven.
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Well, I pretty much agree with most of what you said. But there has to be some way to come to believe something other than what we were raised with -- after all, many people stop believing what they were raised to believe.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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