Lightseeker on Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:24 pm
I do make a distinction from what a thing is and how we percieve it is. The sky appears blue at 6ft , taking that along a little. Not what things actually are, but how they appear to us as individuals, how they feel to us as individuals in short , How we experience things personally is that which provides the bedrock for our beliefs.
I believe a flame will burn me because it has done so before. mac says that a belief is not necessary arising from perception. Whilst not fully understanding I accept his position. I do not doubt that should a 70,000 foot tall person or someone at that altitude would regard the sky quiet differently from the way I perceive it. ergo I believe it to be blue (innacurate I know in some quarters) because that is how it appears to me personally.
In summation, Our beliefs should we have them will depend greatly upon our point of view.
In answer to the opening question , it is necessary for me to have beliefs personally as for me, they provide reference points , but reference points that provide for me personally where I am , if anywhere in relation to my environment and situation.
Yet as a juxtaposition and maybe even a contradiction, had the question been Is it necessary to have a religion I would have answered no because religions seem to be represented by anothers point of view and therefore not necessarily an accurate significator of the experiencers position within the ball park that is creation.
Neville
