The Hermeneutical Hurricane and the Connection between Our Beliefs and Actions

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Why is it important to understand how we form our beliefs?
Individuals need to understand how they form their beliefs. This is because beliefs affect how people think about themselves, others, and the world in general. Beliefs are what influence one's actions and emotions. Additionally, they affect how one becomes sad when hurt, how one behaves when happy, or how successful one is. Because of these issues, it is always important to understand how they are formed. A belief is something a person considers to be a fact. Beliefs determine if people consider something to be good or bad, evil or desirable, beautiful or ugly, among others. Beliefs can be formed through experiences, influences, deductions, or what other peoples say. It is important to note that most beliefs are formed when one is a child. Since one lacks the ability to determine what is right or wrong, one accepts what people regard as the truth.
Consequently, beliefs are formed by what people experience. However, as a person moves from one stage to another, there are beliefs that get influenced by new environments and a group of people (Bromberg-Martin & Sharot, 2020). If some experiences are repeated more than once in life, people end up having beliefs regarding them. When a person accepts something to be a belief, it is stored in the subconscious mind. The fact is stored for future use. With these beliefs, one learns how to respond to different situations.
What is the connection between our beliefs and our actions?
Human beings are always sensitive to inconsistencies between beliefs and actions (Bolin & Hoskings, 2015). With this approach, at a certain level, people recognize when they are acting in a way that is not consistent with their beliefs. For example, if a person believes that cheating is wrong and one cheats at some point, it will be easy to notice and be affec...