[Bogy Benda]

@Zelda
yup, you're right on point..belief(faith) is what religion asks of you and ultimate truth is what religion promises in return.

>but i also think that every single idea that a human is
>exposed to in their lifetime lodges in their brain and that
>the brain, which really has no way of discriminating the true
>from the false, views every single one of them as valid.
>that's why it's possible for us to have so many contradictory
>beliefs and to switch between them easily when the situation
>calls for it.

ummmmm....well, I wouldnt say 'every single idea'..because by default, your beliefs help your mind differentiate between right and wrong, true or false etc...hence the relative nature of such things as truth and righteousness...

so in essence you can only switch between ideologies if your entire (or a huge part) base belief system changes/shifts...