Why Do People Still Believe in Bigfoot



Millions of people want to believe in Bigfoot. There has never been evidence it exists or has ever existed but belief continues.

The answer is kind of simple. There are people who want to believe in Bigfoot. There are people who enjoy believing in Bigfoot.

Those of us who are skeptical of religious dogma find belief in Bigfoot similar to belief in gods. We treat the Christian god the same as the thousands of other gods people have believed in in the past and continue to believe exist.

People claim to have seen Bigfoot but these claims have never been substantiated. Similarly, people claim to have talked to God. People claim to have died and approached heaven. These claims are identical to the Bigfoot claims. We don't have good reason to believe they happened.

Both Bigfoot and the gods exist in people's minds. They are real to those whose minds hold them but they are not real to other people. There is not necessarily harm in having people believe these beings exist except when believers start to require those who do not believe to conform. This is especially a problem when believers want to use the money of nonbelievers to fund tributes to those beings which do not exist except in the minds of believers.

For example, suppose those who believe in Bigfoot lobbied for money to fund a "Bigfoot Habitat Area." Many of us would object.

This is the reason we nonbelievers object to public funding of religious monuments and requirements for prayers and religious expression at government meetings. To us, honoring Bigfoot and honoring a god are both time which could be better spent doing something useful.

Comments

  1. JinxSeptember 4, 2018 at 7:53 PM

    I couldn't agree with you more! Praying to either one is just as effective as throwing salt over your left shoulder.

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  2. Jon LindgrenSeptember 4, 2018 at 8:46 PM

    "throwing salt over your left shoulder"

    So far as we know, throwing salt over your left shoulder is as effective as praying. Probably one should do both :)

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