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Are beliefs real or just beliefs?

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  • 6 years ago

    If you make a doctor's appointment, you do so under the belief that you will be alive to keep that appointment. You cannot prove you will be alive yet you act as if you do know. A belief is an assumption of truth that you cannot prove but is necessary in order to accomplish some goal (such as seeing the doctor).

  • Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Beliefs are real in the sense that they exist, they are formed from the various extremely complicated physical reactions in your brain which gives you thought and consciousness, on the other hand, they are just beliefs unless they point to a true thing in reality, at which point they become knowledge.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    You can believe all you want. But when you jump out of the plane, reality will hit you hard.

    Beliefs supported by observable, testable evidence are more likely to match the reality then make believe and faith.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Your belief is real, the question is whether what you believe in is real.

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Heb 11:1;John 17:3;2 Tim 3:16,17;Matt 28:19,20.

    Source(s): jw.org
  • Moi
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    some are and some arent

    a belief for something unreal doesnt make that thing real

    but a disbelief about something real doesnt make it go away

  • FaScEs
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    It depends on what your beliefs are.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    Sometimes they're real. I believe in the Gravity laws, so if you KNOW something, you believe it. And God is real, I believe!

  • Sarah
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Real to the person. They're often real!

  • Ruth
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Depends on the person. Many atheists claim to have believed, but they never did.

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