Friday, March 3, 2023

Truthtellers

Evangelicals and atheists don't get along, nor do Sunni and Shia Muslims, Jews and Palestinians, right-wingers and left-wingers, vegans and meat eaters, environmentalists and climate change deniers, drunkards and teetotallers, spiritual seekers and materialistic realists...

We belong to different tribes; we sing different songs and dress up in different costumes. We read different books and trust different teachers. It's not about right or wrong; it's about beliefs in what is right or wrong, different mindsets, different castles in the air. Not even scientists agree. 

Have you ever tried to convince a devout neo-nazi that he is an idiot or a neurotic that he should stop pitying himself? Have you ever tried to question your own deeply held beliefs? 

How can you be so sure that you are right and everyone else is wrong?