What is really going on with the nature of belief and the systems that enable it? What dynamics are in play—ones that we're aware of, ones that we're not?
People think they believe things because of facts. But, that's largely not why people (including religious 'believers') believe what they believe (follow the facts thread here). Study after study shows that even if people are presented with 'new' facts, they consistently still believe what they believed before...sometimes, even more so.
It seems we have a need for things to be true and we often hold onto them...even if they're not.
