What was the thing you were told as a child that you always believed and have never questioned?
Is there something that you are certain of because you've always believed it? Your conviction comes from the longevity of your knowing it.
One U One Us (or Uinus) is the common ground for all people who feel connected and guided by being one of Us on Earth. Whatever your religious faith or non- faith, U are one of Us. This blog is for sharing and growing this connectedness, particularly through children. Every child's should know they are U, one of Us on Earth.
Is it the longevity of the belief held or that experience has tended to corroborate that belief? e.g. Being a good person is important
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference between the beliefs that we learn and confirm from experience, and the life long beliefs that many people have in such things as an after life, which is held so strongly (not only because of wishful thinking). This I guess is the difference between belief and faith.
ReplyDeleteMy obervations (not complete definitions, but distinctions...)
ReplyDeleteBeliefs, Opinions, Feelings and Attitudes share the property of being mental states or objects located in one or more personalities.
A Belief is a persistent and clearly-stated mental object that governs some behavior and is difficult or unlikely to change slightly. When it does change it is likely to become its radical opposite; e.g.: the answer to "Does God exist?" or "Is it safe to cross the street now?"
An Attitude is similar to a belief in governing some behavior but is likely to be easy to change slightly. Its persistence is illustrated in observable behavior but often not enunciated -- the synonyms "inclination" and "leaning" illustrate this property.
Opinions are responses to specific questions. In research settings, the responses are often given as a priori choices, but if not they may seem to vary either widely (like beliefs) or slightly (like attitudes) depending on changes in the specific wording of the question. Opinions do not exist except as responses to questions and do not themselves govern behaviors beyond their being selected or expressed as answers.
Feelings are like opinions except that they are often recognized internally or at least felt to exist independent of any specific question(s) being asked. "How do you feel?" is understood to be a valid question (even if hard to answer) with no specific antecedent subject, where "What is your opinion?" assumes an antecedent "about what?"