No matter how preposterous an idea or belief may be there's always some percentage of the population that will believe it.
It doesn't matter how demonstrably false, conceptually ridiculous or just plain stupid the idea is, it will find an audience that supports it. This is in evidence given the billions who believe in god and also in the millions who insist Donald Trump is a great leader and a brilliant man.
But it gets even worse than that, There are people who believe that the earth is flat, that the holocaust never happened, that the moon landing was a hoax, that there's a dinosaur living in Loch Ness, and that a 8' tall species of man/ape lives secretly in the wilderness of the Pacific NW. They believe in ghosts, and crystal magic, and in the unfailing power of prayer. I'll bet there's at least 1000 people that believe ALL of that shit.
My question is WHY?
Why do so many people insist on being ignorant and just plain dumb in the face of reality and common sense? It really irks me.
Oh, and Scientology. Scientology!
Could not agree with you more…
My guess: poorly educated. No understanding or appreciation of nature or science. Their ‘need for more’ ... as in, their life experience is unfulfilling, so they allow, even seek ‘extraordinary’ events to ‘liven it up.’
Mountains of garbage to ‘believe in,’ too.. ‘They can’t be all myths, can they?’ It seems they attempt to ‘make something theirs.’ Clasp onto any idiodic concept, movement, or myth that ‘sets them apart’ ...makes them special..
Most appear lead by a charismatic leader … so they wanna be like him! ‘Listen to how he talks ..the big fancy words he uses, that car he drives ..how sure he is of the truth!’
What I notice is how religion, the unfounded belief in fantastical myth, softens people up for deeper, if more dangerous lies… As if, ‘Going along with this foolish concept hasn’t done me any harm … so why not try this one?’ They become experts in their field -- knowing stuff you don’t! And now, they count - now, they’re Somebody