Why Are Things Believed ?

@moonbus said
Certainly there may be social consequences of believing or not believing a given religious doctrine. In times past, people were tortured and burnt at the stake for holding heterodox beliefs, and this threat may have been a factor in some people adopting at least the outward appearance of holding orthodox beliefs. That would be an extreme case of i) peer group pressure.

If ...[text shortened]... ces for believing or not believing in eternal consequences. That really would be circular reasoning.

If you believe the wrong thing in colleges or peer-reviewed publications, do you
think there are no consequences? Thoughts are heavily guarded today as they ever
were, the term fake news, and misinformation are not terms that carry consequences?

Book banning, historical names being wiped off the public square, as history gets
rewritten to suit the cultural norms are not attacks against modern orthodox beliefs?

Eternal consequences have to do with the only source that can deal that out, and
it isn't a finite person, except for us killing someone and sending them out
of this life forever as far as this life is concerned a judgment where the final say is
rendered cannot be done by one of us.

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There are consequences to all the things we do and say, even being right can bring
about horrible consequences.

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Be specific and if you don’t mind what ever topic you ask me about answer, please give your response to the same question about the same topic.

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What has that to do with my doctrine?

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Well, if you are asking about non-specified beliefs, do you expect a specific answer?

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I thought I gave ample information for the question in the context it was asked yes.

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I don't think so, and if he doesn't he can ask qualifying questions as well.

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I asked you to qualify which one of my beliefs you care about, I believe a lot of
things about a lot of things, and you want to know about which ones?