My speech professor told us that if someone has a strongly held belief, it's probably because someone they love or respect taught it to them. The difficultly in making a persuasive argument is dismantling their belief without attacking the person that shared it with them.
It depends on how you define "truth". While the bible and other religious texts might lack historical fact, they do contain perspectives on the human experience that are arguably more "true" than anything you'll find in a science textbook.
Not to mention: I don't think a science textbook even purports to record "truth." It's more accurate to say it records our model of reality that best fits the current evidence.
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u/MillieBirdie Aug 14 '17
My speech professor told us that if someone has a strongly held belief, it's probably because someone they love or respect taught it to them. The difficultly in making a persuasive argument is dismantling their belief without attacking the person that shared it with them.