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Quote by: Captain Cardio  I heard an idea recently:
People don't act (or decide how they want society to function) in any significant to suit their beliefs. Rather, they subconciously decide how they want to act (or society to be), and then find beliefs that suit what they want.
This would mean that beliefs are basically irrelevant, and are just manufactured excuses, or a way to glorify or substantiate one's own way of wanting things.
Is this possible, does this idea hold any substance?
Thoughts? |
I would say that a lot of people do that who are not born into a particular way of life that trains them to believe. Or they might find a religion that will help them to rebel from the one they grew up in and which they found lacking. The same might be said of becoming an athiest.
It is sort of like going shopping for cloths that express what we think we really are.