Why Do You Believe What You Believe?

hey guys what's up it's Jacob here!? welcome back to my channel and welcome to another video! so this video I've kinda had something just rolling around through my brain and I kinda wanted to go over it with you guys and just get it out there because that's what we do on this channel sometimes we're goofy but sometimes we're serious and this time it's gonna be a little bit serious and I just got to thinking why do people believe what they believe? it's a very vague and out there type of question I mean there's many different beliefs you can believe that peanut butter jelly sandwiches are the best sandwich in the world you can believe they're terrible or it can go all the way to religion and why do people believe in one God versus another God or no God at all and to me this is something that is very very crucial to grasp why do you believe what you believe are you simply just being fed information and you take it without even processing it? in school we learned math 1+1= 2 Red + Yellow = Orange but why do we believe this? what are these concepts and how have they come to what they are today that it's factual, that this is what it is back when I growing up I don't really think I questioned most things maybe out of curiosity as a child but you would maybe ask a question mom, dad, grandma, grandpa why do I.. why is this, this way why is this why, why.. a child is so inquisitive they want to know and as that questioning mind gathers information and is filled by the knowledge that they perceived to have grasped from other people then that knowledge becomes sufficed they no longer have a question anymore ok so I don't question that so that must be true and I'm going to move on to the next thing but... how... how do we take something that has been passed down because we're asking why is something this way well someone will give you the reason why something is that way and then you have to take it at face value that, that person got the answer to the question that you're looking for it's kinda.. it's really really complex medical wise: we go to the doctor we say that we are sick and we have these symptoms and we place out faith in that doctor that they are going to notice the symptoms know what's wrong and have the knowledge to treat us and our question that is answered: what is ailing me and they give us the proper medication or course plan of treatment to make us better and some things like that can be tried and true you do something you get a result and if you do it enough times then you know 1+1 = 2 we've put 1 and 1 together enough times and it's made 2 so I guess that means it must be true right? but not always the case because sometimes 1+1 can be more than 2 it can be, what is that 2? where has that 2 come from? it's all these complicated things makes your brain hurt but just think about it if nobody ever questioned these type of things if nobody ever questioned why do I believe this way why is this the case? then society would never grow society would never move on from what we know it would stay stuck where we're at cancer, it used to be a big big big death sentence and there's still some types of cancers that are very hard to deal with medically but now a days we have treatments that can either prolong life or even get rid of cancer to the point that we go into remission with people and cure them of that cancer and back then, who knows in the middle ages if cancer was around then it was for sure a death sentence because they didn't understand it they didn't know was causing these diseases and if no one were to question what is this? and why is this, this practice? we wouldn't know! we wouldn't know that oh maybe when I'm doing surgery on one person I should wash my hands before I go do surgery on the next person and not spread disease and spread infection maybe we should wash our equipment! it's all of these things that if you don't really question why you believe what you believe what's going on you can just be easily manipulated by media, by social influences by countless number of different things family, friends but where am I going with all of this what is all this rambling about? I think that now a days people are put down for questioning why something should be the way that it is I think that many times people just want to follow a status quo that society has come to this idea that leave well enough alone but if we left well enough alone then we would never progress my grandma once told me she said if a person can't change their mind then they're dead simple as that if someone is so stuck in their ways not able to see something not able to change and formulate different opinions and views of what's going on around them then they're stuck! the world is changing, the world is progressing somethings are going backwards somethings are going forwards it's all a matter of opinion about who you talk to but you as a person have to deal with that and you have to be able to have the tools to know why are you believing something are you taking things at face value do you just believe it because that's what your mom and dad have taught you? do you just believe it because that's the way it's always been? but I urge each and everyone of you watching out there just.. just think a little bit alright guys so I hope you liked that video if you did please be sure to give it a big thumbs up! don't forget to subscribe if you're new around here join the JBird flock we would love to have you! follow me on all of my social media it's in the description box down bellow and if you'd like you can press that little bell as well it will let you know when my next video goes up remember guys: Don't Let Where You're At Stop You From Where You're Going! 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