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floonine · 11-06-2003, 02:03 PM

Maybe believing in or against religion creates a foundation for people, where-in their world is based upon.

A person who believes in a religion might feel that it answers the really hard questions, regardless if the answers are easy to understand or not. A person who doesn't believe in religion might feel that the questions don't need outside assistance to answer. If religion then begins to exist, or ceases to exist, the basis of one's life could be turned upside down, leading to the need to find answers all over again.

By that time, however, most of a person's life is based on what they already know, so trying to find answers again might not only feel anti-productive, but could also feel self-destructive. So when someone tries to prove someone wrong about something that their entire life might be based upon, the instinct is to fight back to prove it to yourself that you are right, else your world might crumble.

That's just an idea though. Maybe its because like the above posters said; maybe we are so worried about ever being right we over look the need for answering our own questions in the desperate struggle to try to change someone's mind.

All in all, I think a lot of arguments are based on a person trying to reaffirm their beliefs on all levels, sometimes with unecessary and/or rude tactics, in hopes that they themselves don't change the mind that took so long to form. Talking about someone's religious outlook then could easily be seen as trying to argue against someone's very existance.

I don't know, just a thought.

11-06-2003, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
floonine Insane Location: Silicon Valley, Utah	Maybe believing in or against religion creates a foundation for people, where-in their world is based upon. A person who believes in a religion might feel that it answers the really hard questions, regardless if the answers are easy to understand or not. A person who doesn't believe in religion might feel that the questions don't need outside assistance to answer. If religion then begins to exist, or ceases to exist, the basis of one's life could be turned upside down, leading to the need to find answers all over again. By that time, however, most of a person's life is based on what they already know, so trying to find answers again might not only feel anti-productive, but could also feel self-destructive. So when someone tries to prove someone wrong about something that their entire life might be based upon, the instinct is to fight back to prove it to yourself that you are right, else your world might crumble. That's just an idea though. Maybe its because like the above posters said; maybe we are so worried about ever being right we over look the need for answering our own questions in the desperate struggle to try to change someone's mind. All in all, I think a lot of arguments are based on a person trying to reaffirm their beliefs on all levels, sometimes with unecessary and/or rude tactics, in hopes that they themselves don't change the mind that took so long to form. Talking about someone's religious outlook then could easily be seen as trying to argue against someone's very existance. I don't know, just a thought. __________________ Political arguments do not exist, after all, for people to believe in them, rather they serve as a common, agreed-upon excuse. Foolish people who take them in earnest sooner or later discover inconsistencies in them, begin to protest and finish finally and infamously as heretics.