Writer Javed Akhtar says 99% of people die in the religion they were born into, and that while religion can comfort people in hard times, that comfort is no proof that the beliefs are true. Are the comfort a belief gives and its truth separate questions? Can holding a comforting belief be a rational choice?
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- Javed Akhtar says 99% of people die in the religion they were born into; questions beliefs inherited from parents
Javed Akhtar said religion can offer comfort in difficult times but questioned whether that emotional solace is proof that one’s beliefs are true.
Doni's answer
That can be reasonable. I see it as a separate, independent question, but I think that as long as a belief does not reveal a natural limit that the person could have doubted even after doing their best at this point, that belief can be interpreted as true for that person.
When I actively suggest that an individual whose anxiety is out of control should "narrow their world," it is along the same lines. To maintain a positive sense of oneself, I think everyone sometimes needs to rest within the comfort of what they believe to be the truth that is best for them.
When I fall asleep napping while holding Lottie, our family dog, for that moment I forget all my worries and do not perceive any anxiety, but Lottie is not the truth for everyone.
Machine-translated from Korean by Claude Haiku 5.5.Show original
합리적일 수 있지요. 별개의 독립된 문제라고 봅니다만, 적어도 그 사람이 현 시점에서 최선을 다했을 때 의심할 수 있는 자연스러운 한계를 그 믿음이 드러내지 않으면, 그 사람에게 그 믿음은 참으로 해석될 수 있다고 생각합니다.
제가 개인이 불안을 통제할 수 없을 때 능동적으로 '세계의 범위를 좁혀라' 라고 제안하는 것도 같은 맥락입니다. 자신에 대한 긍정적인 감각을 유지하기 위해서는, 누구든지 때로는 자신에게 최선의 진실이라고 믿어지는 안락함 속에서 휴식을 취해야 할 때가 있다고 생각합니다.
저는 저희 집 강아지인 로티를 안고 낮잠에 빠져들 때, 그 순간만큼은 모든 근심을 잊고 어떤 불안도 인지하지 않게 되지만 로티가 모든 사람에게 진리는 아니죠.