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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's an issue of conformity so much an issue of sentimentality, emotional attachment (even if the experience growing up was negative).

It's very hard for someone to discard completely religious ideas they were raised on just like it's difficult for someone to cut ties with family, even when that family is cruel to them and their experience was unhappy.

It is the familiar.  It's very difficult to walk away from the familiar.

It's not so much an issue of conforming to an ideal because that implies that you have to actively do something.  It's the fact that inertia takes hold, as does a fear of having to completely remake your worldview.

It's far easier to simply fall back on what has been handed to you and sort of drilled into you, even if you aren't completely satisfied with it.

I think it's the same with all aspects of life, not just religion.  Even people who aren't really suited or happy with typical family life end up walking the same path that they grew up seeing (getting married, buying a house, having kids).

It's not so much that they are actively conforming but, rather, that it takes a lot more effort and energy and uncertainty to forge an unfamiliar path.  [/quote]

This all makes a lot of sense.

Holds true for me too - wasn't brought up with religion so I do find that comfortable. And while I'm not dissatisfied I really haven't put any effort into exploring other paths. There just never seemed to be any point IMO.

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This presumes that theists don't actually believe, instead they're all doing it for the hegge/comfort and are lying to boot. So instead it doesn't make sense and it's also insulting. Two birds, good job.[/quote]

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