Believing what you want.

[---Beany---]

As far as I'm concerned we all believe what we want to believe. None of us believe something because "It makes the most sense".

We either consciously or unconsciously formulate beliefs (or have them formulated for us), and this gradually becomes our view of reality.
Nobody wants to be wrong. Nobody want to find out that the universe as they understand it is in reality a lot different. It would mean that the life we have developed isn't as functional, since it was built to function within what we "thought" was reality.
Therefore we all always search for evidence to support our beliefs. If something comes along that contradicts our beliefs we reject them, make excuses for them, or reframe them, or perform any kind of mental feat to convince ourselves that our view of reality still holds strong. We ALL do this.
If someone's view of reality is that when we die we rot, they will focus on arguments for this belief and arguments against contrary beliefs (Lack of proof in god for example).
Similarly, if someone's view of reality is that we are spirits that go on after death we will focus on evidence that back up this belief (Astral Projection during near death experiences), and again arguments against contrary beliefs.

Now to my point. Whatever you have chosen to believe may be right and it may be wrong, but the evidence that you have built up to support your beliefs has been biased from the moment you first decided what your beliefs were. Therefore can you even trust your own judgement? A judgment heavily influenced by the fear of being WRONG.

There is nothing I can do or say to prove my beliefs to anyone else. I can't even prove my beliefs to myself. But all I know is that my beliefs are that the universe is utterly magical and nothing short of perfect. This makes me happy and so I will continue to acknowledge evidence that suggests I'm right. I want to believe that we exist forever, because in my mind it's better to believe this than to believe I'll rot. I am an eternal indestructible evolving spirit heading towards communion with pure bliss and everything I see and experience is testament to that.

I hope your beliefs are as pleasing to you.