What do you base your beliefs on

Because it is God's word!

My adage is: If it’s not science, it’s superstition.

“Don't you believe in flying saucers, they ask me? Don't you believe in telepathy? — in ancient astronauts? — in the Bermuda triangle? — in life after death?
No, I reply. No, no, no, no, and again no.

One person recently, goaded into desperation by the litany of unrelieved negation, burst out "Don't you believe in anything?"

"Yes", I said. "I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers. I'll believe anything, no matter how wild and ridiculous, if there is evidence for it. The wilder and more ridiculous something is, however, the firmer and more solid the evidence will have to be.”
― Isaac Asimov

Science, life experiences and my education.

As you grow older, experience comes to replace theoretical rules that were just inculcated into you as a child. And beliefs are meant to evolve in time.

If you believe the Bible is the inspired word of God.. Then you will base your beliefs ( in regard to religion ) on what is revealed in the Bible.. And ""literary"" did you mean to write Literally? if you did, very few Christians believe that the Bible is 100% literal.. The Bible often uses Symbolic writing.. The Mixture of Literal and symbolic in the Bible is, I believe, The way God hides deeper meanings / revelations from people who are not serious about seeking, believing and learning from God..

As for your point about a boat and rowing.. I can see the boat as representing the Bible and the paddling effort a human using their one intellectual abilities to interpret the Bible as they think it should be.. They will get to a destination with all their paddling.. But it will not be the destination God made the boat for them to reach.. The Bible is like a boat and the Holy Spirit that guides the boat is like a rope across the lake, tied to the boat and ending at the exact destination God wants the boat to go to.. Getting into the boat is an act of faith that the One guiding the boat will lead you to the perfect destination.. Some people want to be in control because they cannot trust, they trust in themselves without realizing that they are imperfect not having the mind of God..

I don't think anyone actually just believes what the Bible says; there always has to be interpretation involved, and that involves all the kinds of factors you are mentioning.

I think my beliefs come a lot from my upbringing, plus the workings of my particular mix of emotional and logical thinking on my life experiences and what I have read and learned, which includes the Bible and a lot else.

Evidence.

Of course.

Because the Bible is the book that tells us where we came from, the history of mankind from the beginning. It tells us where we are going and gives us the roadmap that determines our eternity. It’s more current than tomorrow’s newspaper!

logic and Reasoning alone is not perfect. The Bible is perfection of life not from this world but from the Kingdom of God who is no Equal

Everybody has basis for what they believe in , what ever it is 😌

Personally I didn't choose anything. God chose me as a vessel.

My broad education and life experiences influence my beliefs, but the values begin with an innate sense of compassion which, I believe, is part nature and part nurturing by my parents.

I base my beliefs on a variety of things over the years. Some from how I was brought up, from school, from people I've met, subjects I've studied, books, newspapers, personal experience, from life-altering experiences (whether good or bad).

I base my beliefs on logic, personal experience and the knowledge I have. My beliefs are always subject to change if new information is presented or if I have a new or unexplainable experience.

You should NOT base your beliefs on feelings because they are bad at collecting data on what's happening. Use something else other than your five senses and scientifically prove it.

I choose to believe in my own perception of what the abrahimic religions would be if combined then that merged with a secular rationalism. To benefit all not any one group

I think that when people base their entire lives on the words in the Buybull it's because they have no moral compass of their own to guide them. The Buybull like any other book of stories can be a guide, it isn't intended to rule your entire life, nor to guide you to hate others because they are different from you or have different beliefs than you do or love differently than you do.

I've seen that video a million times but it does not make a difference nothing will come of it beside maybe more propaganda on the news than normal

I don't need no boat and paddles. I'll swim this shark infested waters stark naked if I have to muahahahah

The time that I spent in the afterlife

The Word of God.

Historical evidence that speaks to me. Every society that distances itself from the primary belief of God is nature eventually falls as a result of it growing away from its roots.

I take everything I've learned from a myriad of religions, not the the Abrahamic ones and identify more of a Theosophist than anything.

People like believing in something without questioning. It makes life seem less chaotic and complicated. It has downsides though.

Bible, Tradition, Experience, Reason. I like the phrase used by a local religious group: "Life is a journey and thought is required."

gut feeling what my heart and head tells me and what is morally right[millerdog]

The B I B L E…. Yes, that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the word of God, The B I B L E…

Mostly intuition..i’m rarely wrong!

Evidence, reason, and probability.

Experience is my main teacher.

My personal experience

The Truth!