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It seems like you’re equating being religious with everything except accepting theistic claims. You can have everything you’ve mentioned without religion. What OP is asking is why do people accept theistic claims despite there being little to no evidence for them?
I don’t have to believe that the sun will rise every morning, but, I do still believe it will rise every morning
You believe it’ll rise because you have more than thousands of instances of this happening at the same time every day. You didn’t just decide to believe it, you believe it because you found good reasons to believe it.
Try deciding to believe you’re a levitating purple dinosaur. I can’t, can you?
It seems like you’re equating being religious with everything except accepting theistic claims. You can have everything you’ve mentioned without religion. What OP is asking is why do people accept theistic claims despite there being little to no evidence for them?
You believe it’ll rise because you have more than thousands of instances of this happening at the same time every day. You didn’t just decide to believe it, you believe it because you found good reasons to believe it.
Try deciding to believe you’re a levitating purple dinosaur. I can’t, can you?