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Originally Posted by boxcar
Big deal. Take up the challenge in 8375. Show us how trustful your fellow man.
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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.
