This is something I always wonder about regarding all people on earth: "How can you believe in something if it doesn't agree with your basic experience in life?"
To me, this just seems logical. You believe in things that can be proved to a greater or lesser degree.
For example, if you haven't been in a car before (especially in a foreign country somewhere) don't you feel a little insecure not knowing the last time that car was maintained?
The same is true with religious beliefs: "If they haven't been proved to you how can you believe them and consider yourself to be an adult?"
IF you are still a child under age 12 I can understand this. But, once you go out in the world after about age 18 you need to test everything to make sure it is real and true.
It is sort of like walking over a cliff on paper. If you did this you would fall through to your death.
The same might be true for your religion if you haven't proved it to yourself.
So, just believing in things to be believing in things doesn't make any sense at all to me.
I prefer not to believe in anything unless it makes some kind of scientific sense to me.
Many people are not brave enough to question there reality and many times I understand this for people who have had extremely difficult lives and are barely hanging on to any reality at all.
But, for most people you need to prove to yourself what you believe is actually useful to you.
Just because your parents or relatives believe in stuff doesn't make it real.
Then it is just cultural at that point.
For beliefs to have real power and meaning you have to prove them. Only then can you actually stake your life on what you believe.
If you do otherwise then how can anyone take you seriously? How can you take yourself seriously?
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