It is not all that difficult to understand.
What one must do, is to separate in your own mind, what is real and what is an abstract thought.
Religion, Atheism and Agnosticism are all abstract thoughts.
Religion has been developed to try to explain real phenomena that primitive people did not understand. These sometimes led to elaborate explanations (abstract concepts), often incongruous with the real Physical Universe. People sometimes developed rituals, sometimes quite elaborate, in conjunction with these abstract concepts.
There is SOME basis in reality for the development of Religious thought, and by extension, Atheist and Agnostic belief. If you wish to understand the real Universe, you must acknowledge this and admit to yourself that you (usually because of things you have learned from others) might have been incorrect. This applies to EVERYONE.
Why are or aren't you religious?
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It is not all that difficult to understand.
What one must do, is to separate in your own mind, what is real and what is an abstract thought.
Religion, Atheism and Agnosticism are all abstract thoughts.
Religion has been developed to try to explain real phenomena that primitive people did not understand. These sometimes led to elaborate explanations (abstract concepts), often incongruous with the real Physical Universe. People sometimes developed rituals, sometimes quite elaborate, in conjunction with these abstract concepts.
There is SOME basis in reality for the development of Religious thought, and by extension, Atheist and Agnostic belief. If you wish to understand the real Universe, you must acknowledge this and admit to yourself that you (usually because of things you have learned from others) might have been incorrect. This applies to EVERYONE.