We are not consistent in our belief systems. Let’s take the political sphere. We have conservatives who are "pro-life" and yet are pro death penalty and pro war and then we have liberals who are pro-choice and yet are anti death penalty and anti war. One group claims that life is sacred only when it is in the womb and then not so sacred. The other group claims that life is not sacred in the womb but is sacred once it is born. At least the liberals try to explain by saying that the embryo is not really living which is at least an attempt at consistency than the conservatives.
Here is another inconsistency, we have social conservatives and fiscal conservatives together and that makes no sense to me. Fiscal conservatives believe in small government in the realm of economics but social conservatives believe in big government role in society. They want government to tell people how they can be born, how to have sex, how to live and how to die. Their need for government control is so intrusive and pervasive that I wonder how these two groups can reconcile their differences. A man consistent to his beliefs of small government would be a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. That is a consistent position to take and yet so many of the fiscal conservatives end up spouting socially conservative ideas.
I don’t think people really think about what their beliefs are and why they believe what they believe. Most of them believe because their father or mother believes. So that is why they don’t even see any inconsistency in their beliefs. They don’t step back and think about what is they believe in. Any introspection would be threatening to their self image and identity as a Republican or a Democrat and so long as their party espouses a particular line they will use it as a proxy for thinking.
Pretty depressing....
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