well, nameless troll, there are many of us who assert that 'belief' which is unfounded (which is why it is called belief) can lead to multiple opinions which people are willing to fight over and even start wars over.

There is an **important** philosophic principle which states: "From false premises, anything follows!" Note... that does not prove that anything in particular IS false, but merely that IF you find many, many contradictory claims following from a couple of premises, those premises should be suspect!

Thus:

1)God exists
2)God is concerned and issues rules about our lives & behavior.

what follows? Hundreds of different, and many contradictory, opinions as to what a god might want or control...etc. Since we have no direct, testable proof of either of those two assertions, many sincere, honest, sensible people have serious doubts about whether either or both beliefs are true.

THAT'S why we 'pontificate' when others 'proselytize' and tell us we should believe 'X'...or 'Y'.. or any set of letters. It is not just that they personally choose to believe, but that there are strong forces trying to USE those beliefs to control lives and entire governments.

If personal belief were just kept that way... personal... it wouldn't be so complicated.