I'm looking for an answer to why many theists refuse to examine why they are so absorbed in religious belief. Theists have an itch they keep scratching, but don't look to understand why they are itchy.
Honesty, after they introspect their own nature as a theist.
It's like studying which tool to use to scratch your itch. Theists don't consider why they have this itch at all, and spending time trying to find the most satisfying way to scratch is what is important.
You seem to think everyone is equally itchy. No, not everyone has this problem.
I offer theists, like yourself, every opportunity to explain why you believe in religious concepts. Theists are getting more vague, and offer shorter replies. When there is a long reply it tends to repeat dogma, which isn't an answer.
The fundamental dilemma for believers is that they don't examine their own psychological motives and reasons to believe. With so many thousands of options for religious belief, has it occurred to you that there is no actual and final truth, and it is just a matter of dogma that satisfied the personality of the believer, which further is motivated by evolved traits?
I see theists need to apply some religious framework to their lives to feel significant. But I don't see many examine their nature as evolved animals so they understand WHY they are motivated to believe at all. That natural element is crucial to a search for truth. Just finding some dogma that soothes anxiety only masks the problem of the natural and feral mind.