![]() This may seem an extraordinary claim, but it merely enunciates an ordinary fact about the world in which we live. ![]() Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them. The link between belief and behavior raises the stakes considerably. Whatever the reason, the door to belief has not yet swung upon its hinges. What is it that stands between you and the absolute panic that such a proposition would loose in the mind and body of a person who believed it? Perhaps you do not have a daughter, or you know her to be safely at home, or you believe that English jailors are renowned for their congeniality. ![]() Your daughter is being slowly tortured in an English jail. For every emotion that you are capable of feeling, there is surely a belief that could invoke it in a matter of moments. The power that belief has over our emotional lives appears to be total.Intolerance is thus intrinsic to every creed. ![]()
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