most one of them can be true. . . . And since so many people hold false beliefs in the area of religion, it would seem, therefore, that all groups need to consider the possibility that their beliefs in this area may be mistaken.”8 McKim concludes, “To fail to examine your beliefs when you ought to examine them is to fail to be rational in an important respect.”9 For “when there is disagreement, it is parochial and unsatisfactory to fail to take other perspectives seriously.”10 To believers who are sure they have the correct religious faith, McKim cautions that this is “simply a poor guarantee
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