"'People believe in God because they've been conditioned to believe in God.'"
(pg.235)
I found this quote particularly interesting since it applies to me so much. Being raised in a catholic family and going to a catholic school all my life has had a profound impact on my religion. If I were not raised in a religious setting, would I believe in God? It is a very interesting question to think about. Why did Huxley include this statement into his book? I wonder if it was to reveal his own thinking and beliefs or to challenge the reader to think this way. We are all conditioned in our lives. Though it is not in the way the book describes, we are all conditioned to like or believe in certain things. Obviously, someone who grows up in a religious setting is going to be more likely to accept those beliefs than someone who did not grow up in that setting. This is the idea that the book is soley based upon and is what Huxley wants the reader to think about by writing what he did.
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