"But everyone says so!"

[BadPokemon]

Well, the same can be said for science and general social pressure such as standards of beauty. This isn't a thread about why you do things that will cause you death if you don't, it's why someone would follow a crowd. You're moving the goalposts; religion is just as much following a crowd as only listening to pop music, regardless of whether or not you're capable of making another decision.

I know you're very tie to your religion so to hear it described as a social pressure like anything else makes you want to jump to defend it, but it is in reality another social pressure. You don't have to threaten death or prohibit different decisions for it to be a pressure from a crowd.

And I agree with you. I was just stating some examples within religion as a whole. And yes- I will always jump to defend. Can it be a social pressure? Yes. Is it always? No. It is what you truly believe on the inside. I think if the social pressures were around you, you may be inclined to believe it. You may truly believe, however, in something else. Do you see what in saying? I agree with you about the death part.

 

[PortableCatnip]

I feel as if it's human nature to simply go along with the crowd. If someone else does it, you just get this feeling of comfort and go along with it. I'm kind of that person but I only do it when I feel the need to fit in.

 

[Auticorn]

I think it's just an instinct we have to do that. I notice a lot of people in my life have been really gullible about things they've heard. Kind of like the whole issue over the world ends every time something happens. Such as when the red moon hit, people started thinking the world would end or that it would end December 12 2013.

I imagine those people feel pretty stupid, but yeah.

I get that way, but it's only because sometimes my anxiety gets the best of me. I try not to believe everything I hear from people unless I hear it in the news somewhere or whatever.