Belief Bigger Than Fact?

“Respect everyone’s beliefs” – this is one of the widely accepted philosophy. Whether it’s a religious, political or a personal belief.

Let’s see what is a belief? Accepting something as true without proof is a belief. And how are we doing with this belief system? We are fighting each other endlessly. Debating is good when it has a conclusion. But, when one rejects to see the proof there won’t be any conclusion and the debate will turn to a fight.

To suppress the fight we spawn the philosophy which asks to respect everyone’s beliefs. So, did this philosophy stop the fight? I think no, the fight is still happening. When human intelligence blossoms, one wants to know and as a consequence question arises. When the question is raised about the belief, there will be a debate. And when the believer who is by definition don’t care for proof will go on endless debate leading to anger and fight.

Philosophy of “respect everyone’s belief” is fostering the attitude of “what I believe is more important than truth or proof”. It’s time to change this attitude. We must foster the attitude of truth and proof are more important than my beliefs. Then only society will flower with intelligence.