Why do humans believe so many things that are not true?

[Evangelicalhumanist]

On the need to believe as a starting point of truth...

This, my confused friend, moreso speaks to the veracity of human nature than the validity of individual interpretations (which are always parts of a whole). It more reflects the need to believe in something as the motivation behind a life of truth, whether that be the belief in atheism or the knowledge of God. Only a life of truth leads one to God. As we are products of our conditioning and genetics, conditioning and genetics almost always leads one to truth, unless you're evil or atheist.

I have no idea what you are trying to communicate. The last two sentences seem more like deepities than "truth."

 

[Ostronomos]

I did not communicate very clearly. I apologize.

I meant to say that the need to believe CAN lead one to seek truth, and once found, belief becomes knowledge. Such as the knowledge of God for instance.