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Do religious people actually believe in what they say to people with other beliefs?
Or are they merely demonstrating their power to limit and define the actions of people outside their group? In other words, is proselytism a sadistic drive, a symptom of insecurity, or something else?
example: do they actually believe that a man made a boat with two of every animal species? Do they actually believe that bad people will get their come-uppance somewhere else? Do they actually believe that ketzal and the green bird shall come when the Itza does? They can't. They just can't possibly think these things.
so when someone says that you need to prepare for the apocalypse because it's coming sometime during 2012, oh wait 2013, it is just a matter of interpretation. It doesn't matter if they are making completely ridiculous claims that take money from mentally ill people. And when people say that people from different religions all over the world are going to hell because they aren't accepting christianity/islam, it's okay, because it's just a matter of interpretation.
8 Answers
- Anonymous6 years ago
Do anti-religious people actually believe in what they say to people with other beliefs?
- capitalgentlemanLv 76 years ago
Sure. We believe what we say. Why would it be otherwise? However, we don't believe what people say we believe. I am Christian, but, I know Adam, and Eve were not the first humans. That idea is illogical, and logic is vital in Theology.
That others believe differently does not make them, or me, wrong. We have different interpretations. E.g., God is big. But, how big is big? We may differ in our opinions.
- ?Lv 66 years ago
It is probably not possible to quantify it with data but you can expect that a significant portion of "believers" don't actually believe their myths at all. They state their beliefs in vain for social and political reasons.
- ?Lv 76 years ago
If I didn't believe what I say, I wouldn't say it. But maybe I actually haven't said what you think I would be expected to say. How would you know unless I said it?
- JoshLv 56 years ago
Probably, but they probably also believe in just telling people because they believe they're superior.
