A Question regarding religious originations

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Krishnamurti usually says to think things through carefully. Where did this belief come about? Why did I come to believe in this? How does this belief serve me? etc. There's a Buddhist saying (which has been rephrased countless times) that goes:


Do not believe in anything because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken by many.
Do not believe in anything because it is written in religious books.
Do not believe in anything on the authority of your teachers.
Do not believe in traditions just because they have been handed down.

But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all,
then accept it and live up to it.