Why is it so easy to believe...

You hear about it all the time. People who find religion and make the decision to believe in this new found way of life. Normally, in most cases, it takes just one moment. One single, life altering moment to change someone's whole perception on life. And it's not just religion. People choose to believe in the most bizarre things, or at least what society perceives to be left of the middle. After life, aliens, gods, superstitions, all require a 'belief' of some sort. Maybe it's human nature to feel a need to believe in something. If you don't believe in anything, then what is the point in living right? After a brief discussion I had on this subject today, it was pointed out to me that maybe the stronger minded people don't NEED something to cling to in order to feel that they belong. If you look back through time, people who have gone against the grain, questioning things that have been laid out in black and white for us, have been responsible for advancing the human race. Back when the world was flat and when English was the only language, people who questioned this were thought to be crazy. Alexander the Great was just 20 when he was made King of Macedon and people followed his every word. Sir Isaac Newton, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, , Socrates, St. Francis, Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, George III, Sigmund Freud, Charles Dickens, Oliver Cromwell, Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ludwig van Beethoven and Buzz Aldrin have all been diagnosed with a mental illness. Some ground breaking names of which there are lots. So why is it so difficult to convince someone to NOT believe in something? Have you ever had a conversation with someone who believes every word of the bible? They always seem to have an answer or way of interpreting it to back up their claims. Even when logic is staring them in the face. One conversation I had with a customer about Jesus ended with him asking me "Have you got Jesus?" I replied to him, "I'm a skeptic, I'll believe it if I can see it". His reply was that so commonly used by narrow minded, blinkered half wits. "You got to believe it to see it". It is written in the bible in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life". Well if I believe the moon is made of cheese, then when the moon has that shade of yellow as it sometimes does, I will be proved right.

The same goes for all types of people like this. I don't believe in ghosts. Do I think we just melt into the ground and become worm food? No. I hope there is somewhere "we" go after we cease to exist here but floating around talking to "the chosen few" is not it. Why don't murder victims come back and tell people who killed them and where their body is? Nope instead, dear old Aunt Mildred wants you to know that Fluffy the cat is with her now! Mediums who apparently communicate with those who have passed over are suspect as well. Why is it no matter what people believe in they can't prove anything. They are just in their own self secluded little world safe in the knowledge that 'they know the truth'. I feel sorry for people who need these types of belief to feel secure in their day to day lives. But if you want to give it a go, here's a few pointers from a reliable source, the Internet! As much as my sister is going to hate me for this, Sylvia Browne is nothing but a fake! " rel="external">CNN proves it here.

But then again, what do I know? I could be wrong in my belief that everyone else is morons!