The famous actor and atheist W. C. Fields was doing a tour of the United States.
One day his manager came into his hotel room and was shocked to see him reading a copy of the Bible.“Bill!” he said, “What the hell are you doing? I thought you were an atheist.”
Fields replied, “Just looking for loopholes, just looking for loopholes.”
We must understand an idea or ideology before believing in it or disbelieving it.
Understanding why we believe or disbelieve it will help develop self-knowledge.
Understanding why others believe in it will help develop compassion.
Truth, as we know, is subjective.
In trying to understand what we believe and disbelieve, we get to know the subject in the (subject)ive.