A belief is a group of people who all believe in the same thing created from the idea of another man carried down through text or scripture
Belief - illusionistic
Inner sense of devotion and/or trust in something.
My belief that everybody is going to be judged of what they do is certain.
'Belief' is the adoption of a position or attitude DESPITE the evidence, and comes perilously close to a working definition of 'insanity'. Thus, if we say we admire a person because "he stands up for his beliefs", we actually admire his compulsive commitment to his own contrived insanity. BELIEF is the nucleus of all conflict and wars. Evidence and logic are the dual pathway to sanity and peace.
"We must respect all beliefs"... meaning, we must comply with all departures from evidence and logic, which explains why we are increasingly at war.
I think your fridge analogy involves a failure to compartmentalize between different types of behaviors. For example, I can say that I am 100% certain that my friend wouldn't randomly punch me in the face (unprompted). But if he drew back and feinted a punch and I were to flinch you could say "If you were 100% certain why did you flinch?" But that's more of a reflex in response to stimulus than it is a deliberate act in accordance with a belief. If I sacrifice a goat because I believe a reality monster is going to reward me, that is a deliberate act in accordance with an articulated belief. So it's not quite the same. So, as it relates to your fridge analogy, you could be certain that there is no food in the fridge but in response to hunger you could check the fridge anyway out of compulsion. There could even be an element of conditioning involved. You're hungry. What do you do when you're hungry? You check the fridge. You know there's nothing in the fridge because you didn't buy any groceries. But you go to the fridge anyway because you've conditioned yourself to check the fridge when you're hungry. Reflex, compulsion, conditioning could all be considered "A-belief behavior." You can believe it's wrong to masterbate in public but if you're a compulsive masterbator you might end up doing it anyway.
Hym "Ha! Did a guy write a paper about that belief thing? The Jordan Peterson in reverse thing? Does my thing predate his? Probably. That's hilarious! How many PhDs would I have? More than David Buss? He had a lot... So... You know... Go forth! Make sure I have more PhDs than David."
A belief is. FIRST AND fOREMOST I'd like to state there are two realities. One being empirical the other being perceptual.. Based on facts and scientific theory not assumptions or wishful thinking but facts. The other is perceptual which is not founded by facts, unless used in biased confirmation . It's what one hopes to be true ,wishes or taught to be true, indoctrinated to accept as fact But the reality of a belief perceptual filter is its how you view it not what really is in fact. Beliefs are merely perceptual filters to view things to try to justify some experience you may or may not have had. People that say they know their belief is truth just means they've accepted that view despite any evidence to prove they are wrong Don't get me wrong beliefs can be useful for example. If it's cold outside but you step into the belief so immersed it's a warm sunny day . The unconscious mind will say Ok ill validate that belief And the placebo takes effect and yuu actually experience heat as if it were warm. A self hypnosis. Some people lose sight it is just a belief not a fact And get stuck In them. Losing their freewill. Freewill is being able to suspend your belief and look at things a different way like a scientist would there is truth how things actually are vs beliefs , how you personally view something to justify something you really don't know the answer to
I think reality is belief in what is to be. Andmy response is
what you wish or been taught to believe but there is actually whats happening which is backed by the scientific method
The act of or feeling of having a belief in something that’s so appealing and strong your soul gets metaphorically erect.
I have a belief boner for preventing Trump from building a wall.
/ˈmeɪk bɪˌli f/
noun
1. A fabricated or imagined scenario; something that is not real but is temporarily treated as real for the sake of drama, storytelling, or illusion.
2. The act of pretending or creating an illusion, especially in acting or cinema.
"ellam oru make-belief alle mone"