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356 - Dr. Nathan Jacobs - Embrace Realism: It's All Mystical!
The Symbolic World
**Culture shapes beliefs **
Culture strongly influences individual beliefs, as people are social animals who often measure their views against those of the surrounding community. When encountering dissenting beliefs, individuals face crises of faith, not necessarily due to new evidence but because of social pressures. This crisis can drive them to abandon, promote, or conceal their beliefs based on their cultural context. Experiences of cognitive dissonance emerge when one enters a society that holds different values, exemplified by the phenomenon of anthropologists adopting indigenous beliefs. This dynamic underscores the critical distinction between pre-rational cultural inclinations and actual rational assessments of beliefs, emphasizing that initial reactions to beliefs may be influenced by societal norms rather than objective reasoning. Genuine rational evaluation is needed for a true understanding of beliefs beyond mere social acceptability.
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