What Do You Want to Believe?

I’m guessing that most people these days believe whatever they really want to believe.  You ask “Why?”.  

A cataclysmic shift has occurred in how people’s beliefs are shaped today compared with a few generations ago.  Parents, grandparents, pastors and teachers used to be the trusted authorities and counselors on what to believe and how to live.  But with the information explosion largely fueled by the internet, alternative viewpoints and arguments on literally every subject can readily be accessed and shape thinking and behavior. 

So instead of trusting the wisdom of previous authorities, if a person wants to think and act contrary to their counsel all they have to do is google an opposing viewpoint and feel quite justified in charting a different course.

So what?  More to come on this phenomenon.