The difference between 'right' and 'wrong' rests within our inner selves -- moreso our outer and inner selves are inseparable during our conscious waking hours; thus, our beliefs & values do create a unique underlying spirit that can transform our physical-cum-psychic energies in a way that is most conducive for harnessing our maximum potential for productive processes of our socio-economic life.

It isn't easy to imagine a life without beliefs. For example, how does a 'confessioner' know that God has really forgiven him/her? It depends on his/her belief! Our real Life has, in fact, many 'taken-for-granted' areas like Euclid's intuitive Theorem (or the reiterative logic of the first available solution in modern mathematics) that we simply believe in as true (or the best solution) -- until one day we socio-culturally become competent to question their underlying basis.

Most of the times we are able to live our lives smoothly because our beliefs provide us with inner strength -- even if they are apparently based on myths; myths sometimes provide us with a temporary rationale. Or else, we may lose our sanity trying incessantly to find the elusive cause behind every phenomenon that we come across in our daily lives. At the same time, it must not be lost sight of that what science claimed to be the truth yesterday, is often found to be false today -- if that which was unconfirmed or unknown at a particular stage of our knowledge is not subsequently confirmed or found, then science will not progress.

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