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<blockquote data-quote="RAM_Designs" data-source="post: 6006936" data-attributes="member: 566575">If you have experienced something that convinces you to lean one way or the other, then by all means use that as a reason to believe.&nbsp; I feel as though people&#039;s minds trick them into believing what they want to believe.&nbsp; It seems to me, though, that 99% of people who are religious(any religion) are so because it was the way they were raised.&nbsp; It makes believing in something that is normally unbelievable, much easier.For instance, most kids who are in religious families start going to church before they even know what&#039;s going on, so the notion of god, Jesus, etc. is instilled in them at a very young age.&nbsp; You say grace at dinner time, pray at night, and do all of the other things that your family does...I mean, why wouldn&#039;t you?&nbsp; Add on top of that that there&#039;s probably some crosses, pics of Jesus, bibles, etc. somewhere in your house...it makes it hard to not follow what your loved ones feel so strongly about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RAM_Designs, post: 6006936, member: 566575"] If you have experienced something that convinces you to lean one way or the other, then by all means use that as a reason to believe. I feel as though people's minds trick them into believing what they want to believe. It seems to me, though, that 99% of people who are religious(any religion) are so because it was the way they were raised. It makes believing in something that is normally unbelievable, much easier. For instance, most kids who are in religious families start going to church before they even know what's going on, so the notion of god, Jesus, etc. is instilled in them at a very young age. You say grace at dinner time, pray at night, and do all of the other things that your family does...I mean, why wouldn't you? Add on top of that that there's probably some crosses, pics of Jesus, bibles, etc. somewhere in your house...it makes it hard to not follow what your loved ones feel so strongly about. [/QUOTE]

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