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Heretic 2
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Date: May 20, 2015 04:13PM
I ran across a tract from the Jehovah Witnesses awhile back and it made me realize that I am losing my perspective. I can no longer get into the head space I once occupied as a Mormon. I can no longer imagine how I blindly believed that the Bible was the truth and that it contained the instructions on how to live a good life. I am so jaded, hostile, and skeptical.
Why do people believe in scriptures such as the Bible, Quran, and Rig Veda?
It is different than believing in a cookbook or do-it-yourself plumbing repair manual. Those books are written by people and you know from the start that they are written by people with no gods involved. If the cookbook has good recipes that turn out well and taste good, it is a useful book. If the plumbing book gives good advice on how to successfully repair your bathroom fixtures, then it is useful.
But why do people so generally believe that scriptures come from gods? Beliefs like this are very widespread even in this age of technology.