Outsiders Believe In Religion

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How should insiders deal with factual challenges from outsiders when discussing religion? A simple answer could be to ignore it. But would it really be that easy? Outsiders try really hard to prove one’s religion wrong. But why? Many outsiders come up with reasons to say that God does not exist or the things in a religion are not true. They try to pull people away from their beliefs.

In my opinion, I feel as though if outsiders don’t believe in God or our religion they shouldn’t try proving that it’s not real. Some people think that aliens or mermaids are real and they could be but we don’t have scientific evidence to prove that, they just believe. Just like we in a religion believe in God even though there is no evidence. There is no way

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