Right or Wrong

What one person thinks is a good idea or believes to be true does not always it is right. An example would be two people, one an atheist and one a theist. The likelihood of one to convince the other one that they are right is very unlikely.

What is real and what is not real? Example, one man called Bob said to a man called Jason that he knows a man called James that lives in Scotland. Jason does not know that this man exists and sees no proof. Jason believes that man because there are lots of people in Scotland, and at least one is going to be called James. Bob does not stop there but goes on to tell Jason about how James can heal people with his bare hands. Jason’s belief in James is then lowered, but thinks he may have heard it wrong and James is a doctor. Jason asks Bob “how does he heal with his bare hands?” Bob replies “like a miracle he just holds his hands over the wound and the wounds are healed.” Jason then stops believing Jason.

The above example shows a man (Bob) telling a man (Jason) of another man (James). It is easy to relate to the first part of the example. One man does not know everyone, so of course it is easy to believe in James. The man later goes on to talk about James performing what sounds like every day medicine but a little different. After hearing that it is like miracle the belief is lost. This is because it is very hard for Jason to relate to this knowledge. It is very easy to lie and get the truth wrong. Even if Jason was to meet this person and see the miracles with his own eyes he still may think it is nothing more than a trick. The problem here is that we are relating to knowledge we have heard or seen in past performance. As people who play the stock market will know the saying “Past performance is not a guide to future returns” (Investment Times, May 2009). But everyone follows past performance after all we would not read the Investment Times if we did not. The point is finding it hard to relate to it may mean it is harder to understand how it can happen.

There is one man in history people find it so easy to believe the man is of cause Jesus. Jesus was said to have performed miracles, he may or may not have. Why is it easy to believe in Jesus but not in James (the above example)? It is because Jesus has so many believers and so much wrote about him. James could have performed the things Bob said but believing him is hard. To some Jesus is real to others Jesus is wrong. To Bob James is real to Jason James is wrong. We all know what we believe to be real and if others truly believe in it then it is not our choice to say they are wrong. We should respect their beliefs and try to adapt to their way of thinking. We may completely disagree with them, but at the end of the day everyone is entitled to their own opinion. What is right and what is wrong is up to you. We should base what we believe is right on past correctness but should not disbelieve something because it sounds wrong.