I had this thought while mowing my lawn. My apologies to Richard Dawkins... Evidence isn't enough to change a belief. At the absolute minimum...Personal observation of evidence may be enough to negate a belief. Even then.... a person still has a will. There may be evidence for a lot of things... but if I haven't personally observed them... I will still require belief to accept them as reality. To me... things can make sense and I don't require agreeing on the basis of evidence. Religion has stories, and so does Science... so I get to choose which story makes more sense to me and which story I get to "believe". This, I think, is the secret to embracing people in their differences. For the most part, we aren't all that different. We just "believe" different things.
(Written August 14, 2023)
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