This is not intended to be an attack on any denomination of belief. The aim of this thread is to try to understand why people choose to believe things, when there are far more likely explanations and why people choose to not trust the scientific opinion.
I am not particularly thinking about a discussion about religion because clearly "faith", some old books and preaching make a difference there (although, please discuss religion if it is relevant). I am thinking more about things like:
- People don't believe global is happening when the vast majority of the scientific community can provide evidence that it is.
- People believe in ghosts when their existance violates all the laws of physics and pretty much all "ghost events" (if not absolutely all) can be explained without mystery.
- People don't get their kids vaccinated (e.g. MMR), when it is clear that not vaccinating is orders of magnitude more dangerous than vaccinating.
- People think that palm reading, tea leaf reading, etc actually works...
- People believe in "alternative" medicines work, when every "alternative" medicine that actually works is now simple called "medicine"!
The rules are as follows:
1) You can say what ever you like, and I don't care if you insult me.
2) If you post something, you may have someone say something that challenges your deeply held beliefs, so please only post if this is acceptable to you.
3) No one is allowed to complain about anyone being horrible, or arrogant, based upon the fact that people will only post here if they are up for a debate (see 2).
4) There is no 4.