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Question

Why are some people believed and others are not? If one goes out of their way to do all that is allowed and possible to prove a point to another, then why are they disbelieved? Does a person's stature within a community, or their profession (occupation) make them more believable than others? Even if the truth is not wanted, shouldn't one at least have the common courtesy to acknowledge another by way of conversation to help solve an issue and bring it to closure? What do you think?

This is not about religion in the form you are thinking. It is about belief in what someone is saying, period. Belief in them and giving them a chance to speak. Belief in their goodness and well meaning. Belief in them as a person who they know well enough after a period of time. Trust to extend a hand in peace and love, belief in all that is meant and said by two, not just one, and just not followed up on....

Answer 1

sometimes ideas are too radical for people to be believed, like about the earth being round, people just couldnt for a long time understand and accept something like that after they had been taught something different their whole lives,it invades a person's comfort zone another reason being the reasons u stated above social standing, occupation and what not, kinda of like when a respected member of the community commits a crime, no one wants to believe a person thats so good could do something bad, as far as occupation goes well if someone working at lets say burger king says aliens are walking outside the restaurant people probably assume they've worked to many hours or are on drugs, if a scientist (to use a general term) eating there says the same thing (assuming people know thats what they are for the sake of example) they are more likely to believe them becuase scientists study space.(many other things too but like i said for the sake of example) say for instance u might not take the advice of a carpenter when they're talking about jewels, rather you would go to a jeweler because u know they are educated on the subject when it comes down to smaller groups of people or individual people, well people just dont like to be wrong, either because they're arrogant, or embarrassed, or it will create a socially akward situation for them in general etc, too many reasons to describe, human minds can be complicated, when it comes down to it the ideal thing would be like you say to have enough common courtesy to listen and converse about things to help solve problems, or at least to just admit when your wrong and learn from it oh well if you mean the goodness in people i guess so many people have had bad experiences that they become more guarded and suspicious, i think it depends on what you've gone through in your life and how each individual person deals with those experiences, some people deal with them better than others like getting dumped and not trusting the opposite sex anymore, or getting dumped and moving on to date again

Answer 2

I suppose you are discussing religions. Most religious people base their belief on someone else's word without any objective thinking on their part. That is why I am reluctant to discus religions since that creates hostilities rather than healthy exchange of ideas. Even the questions in this section are more of an angry challenge; a statement rather than a question. This is most sad since if you believe in God you have to accept those who do not believe as His (or Her) creation; they just do not know that. They don't know but you supposedly know and you should be forgiving for their ignorance. I am stating the obvious when I say organized religion is divisive, not about love, harmony and peace.

Answer 3

Humans seem to have an inate tendency to give greater weight to what authority figures say. This may be a learned trait, but regardless, it's very wide spread.

Answer 4

THE CANDY- MAN CAN.

Answer 5

it's god will
he decide and he know more