Victims of belief

People today appear to be victims of their own beliefs. Perhaps they always have been. It's not so much a question of what they believe, although that can be a real problem, but what those beliefs cause them to say and do. And as soon as one hands off the responsibility for one's own lot in life, one achieves victimhood. 

Victimhood is simply the habit of blaming others. It is seeing life as happening TO you and not seeing yourself as the main actor in your own drama. Victims are prisoners of their own narrative and are usually additionally aided by false narratives fed to them by people who don't give a rat's ass about them.

In victimhood, most of the time it's just easier to blame others rather than assessing the validity of one's own beliefs and choices. Vics  blame those who they're told to blame. They extrapolate from there and blame those who support those whom they were told to blame. Of course, they blame those who blame them. And finally, they blame anyone who challenges their beliefs. Vics have a very full schedule, and of course, it's not their fault.

If a belief keeps one from being open to change and from being able to argue one's position rationally and in good faith, then it's more of a "mindlock" than a belief. Beliefs shouldn't just be based on the talking points of others. There should probably be a few facts and evidence thrown in there somewhere. And, beliefs are often transient, even fleeting at times; remember Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny? Sure, adult beliefs are so much more rational and important. Right.

Whether it's a moral belief, a religious belief, a political belief or just a good old fantasy about the way the world should be, if you can't explain it to yourself, without visual aids or someone else whispering in your ear, then your belief doesn't belong to you. You're just belief-sitting until something better comes along.