Skeptics, what are your irrational beliefs?

I've felt like asking this question for a while now. To have irrational beliefs is to be human. We do what we can to safeguard ourselves, but nobody is perfect, and we can't know everything. I would also add, lacking belief in one thing, like religion, doesn't automatically make one smart. So without further ado--







I don't believe in gods of any sort

The supernatural holds no appeal

And yet, with deep regret I must report

I still hold fast to things that are not real

And things I cannot prove, and fancy flights

Like foolish hopes, the substance of one's dreams

The things that keep me thinking through the nights

A star that may lie closer than it seems



Though conflict rages through the Middle East

And mothers of the world shed bloody tears

I feel that we are closing in on peace

And warfare may have reached its final years

A time when innocents are never killed

When nations do not murder over dirt

When freedom reigns and blood is never spilled

And weapons slumber dormant and inert



Perhaps one day, religions of the world

Will coexist and set aside their hate

No more shall stones of bigotry be hurled

As people learn to love and tolerate

No matter if they're Christians, Muslims, Jews

Or Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, or Pagans too

They're free to practice any faith they choose

Without the need to force their point of view



I see a future, not too distant, where

The way you're born is not a source of shame

And everyone is treated just and fair

For underneath we're human all the same

Let's look beyond the layers of our skin

Discover things that dwell inside our heads

All races are our next of human kin

Whose blood beats with the same shared shade of red



I put my faith in what the Luddites dread

That scientific progress lights the way

With our inventions paving paths ahead

To greet the sunrise of the coming day

Technology will help us, one and all

We'll use these tools to craft and to create

To tackle every challenge big and small

And help our species reach a higher state



Humanity will live in harmony

With planet Earth, the only home we've got

Although alarmists may still disagree

I think we'll find the answers that we've sought

Before the deluge comes and we all drown

We'll pool our genius to avert this fate

Together does our brilliance know no bounds

We'll save the Earth before it is too late



The world is full of color, life, and form

That can be captured in the written word

The artist's passion burns intense and warm

Ensuring that the truth is not unheard

In art we find the power to unite,

Communicate, and cross our boundaries

To bring each other wonder and delight

And put the most tormented mind at ease



I still believe in things that can't be seen

And things for which I have no evidence

I put my faith in fellow human beings

Although I'm well aware it makes no sense

I chase the distant glimmer in the sky

Though always does its source elude my view

I still have hope, though can't imagine why

That's what I still believe, how about you?

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