Question:
Is it possible to half believe or is it just doubt?
You rather believe or you do not believe. If you are
experiencing half belief then you just doubt yourself and your mind is playing
tricks on you. For example if you shut your closet door because of the thought
that something may be lurking in it, even though you know no one isn’t, you
aren’t half believing in a fictional character coming out of your closet, you
are reacting to your thoughts from the movie or book. When you interact and engage
yourself in a horror movie, the thoughts you created while watching the movie
do not have to go away. When you are with people you are fine and don’t think of
these thoughts but once you are alone free to yourself to think, these thoughts
come back. They scare you because you made this fictional character or event
something that you can personally be afraid of. For example, Walton uses the
example of watching the movie Jaws. You may not be afraid of Jaws but you can
be afraid of the being attacked by a shark in general or in situations where
you are in open water. This half believe is just doubt, doubt that your mind
creates by questioning what if. You never believe it, it is just human instinct
to make sure oneself is secure because you do have these thoughts in your head;
thoughts that scare you.
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