Is your Belief system based on science, philosophy, or religion? Or a combination of the three? What Religion or Philosophy is the True One? By Arthur Telling  Our various disciplines such as science and religion may seem at odds with each other, and we find it impossible to know what to believe. Yet there are ways for identifying a deeper reality that binds them.   What to Believe? The various sciences, philosophies, and religions offer a rich variety of ideas and Beliefs. Scholars, professors, and civic and spiritual leaders and teachers tell us to follow their ideas and reject contrary ones. How can we know which of them are true? We typically believe what we are born into, or are introduced to by parents, teachers, peers, and community. And once we accept the beliefs given to us, we tend to cling to those beliefs and may decry other dissimilar beliefs as wrong, even evil or devilish. There is a logical reason for this, and it leads to the very idea of what we should believe. Our beliefs are called facts when we know with certainty that the belief is true. It is this solidness of mind that brings us stability, allowing us to think and reason within a framework of a slowly changing landscape. Confusion will develop and chaos will follow when we lose faith in our beliefs. And when we come up against others with seemingly opposing irreconcilable beliefs, then anger, revolt, revolution, and war can occur as we literally battle over whose belief is right. We find ourselves walking a tightrope as to which “wrong” beliefs we will tolerate and which ones we will not. Because, opposing beliefs can threaten beliefs we cherish. Such a process appears unfruitful, yet can be useful for our coming to a mindset of what...

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