I have a different take on belief...it seems much more similar to me to the operating system software in a computer, downloaded from a higher source than the individual, parents, teachers, belief based faith systems. Most people accept this programming without much question and it allows them to function in their society, to make sense of the social and physical data coming at them in a constant stream. Few are willing or able to question this programming and to make best guesses about the actual truth, like PCs and their many peripherals, our social operating systems need to be able to talk to each other and are confounded when confronted with a Mac;)