| Beliefs Govern Beliefs govern nearly every aspect of our lives. They tell us how to pray and how to vote, whom to trust and whom to avoid; and they shape our personal behaviors and spiritual ethics throughout life. But once our beliefs are established, we rarely challenge their validity, even when faced with contradictory evidence. Thus, when we encounter others who appear to hold differing beliefs, we tend to dismiss or disparage them. Furthermore, we have a knee-jerk tendency to reject others who are not members of our own group. Even when their belief systems are fundamentally similar to ours, we still feel that they are significantly different. Next Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth (Mark Robert Waldman) - Highlight Loc. 121-26 | Added on Thursday, June 25, 2009, 02:11 PM |
Manipulation of Humans by Beliefs
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