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Are there people that are otherwise logical but drop their skepticism when it comes to religion? How do they consolidate those 2 sides of themselves? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago

I get your sentiment but all the rituals I picked up in life are nowhere near the seriousness of a religion though. You're talking about choosing something that could potentially affect you for eternity vs me not wanting to eat guinea pigs because I didn't grow up in Peru.

I understand that people find comfort in religion and a lot do it as a way to calm their existential crises but my question is how someone who is otherwise logical can separate religious beliefs into another folder. They knowingly fool themselves into believing something that may not be true or possibly even being tricked into following a false idol but they don't apply those rules elsewhere.