text: why is it that intelligent people still believe in the existence of gods, heaven, hell, vampires and demons? asking from a general philosophical of view. what is it in people that motivates them to believe in stories or concepts they have no rational reason to believe in? why is it that a person will accept to believe something on faith? you assume too much... we all have faith in "something" do you have faith that the chair you are sitting in will hold you? choose what you believe.