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Originally Posted by Actor
You have the cart before the horse. Distrust is not universal. It is learned. A newborn trusts everyone until someone whacks him. Only then does he learn that not everyone has his best interests at heart.
Life forces us to trust some people. A good example is the police. If a cop tells me to do something I'm going to do as he says and ask questions later. Ditto doctors and nurses. Also lawyers. If you get a court appointed attorney you don't get to be choosy. The judge will most likely give your case to some lawyer whom the judge knows needs the work.
And of course you personally trust some guy in the pulpit who holds up a book and tells you that said book holds the secret to eternal life. You trust the claim of witnesses to miracles knowing full well that said witnesses are long dead and so cannot be cross examined.
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If so, it's a universal learning exercise.
And quit with the stupid examples of trusting others. Emergency situations are not everyday occurrences for everyone in the world.
If you trust everyone in the world, leave your house unlocked day and night, home or away. Never lock your car up either.
As far as the bible goes...I trust the book implicitly because I know its Author, personally. The guys in the pulpit are only as good to the extent of their faithfulness to that Author.
