One of the most tragic outcomes of faithful belief comes out of its defense.
Since a believer cannot defend a belief by testing it outside one's mind, the
only defense comes out of language and emotion. While a scientist or an engineer
can confirm or deny the reality of a theory by experimenting against matter and
energy, a faithful believer must resort to experimenting with words and their
meanings and the feelings they get from them. Unfortunately the symbols of
language can collect various meanings for the same set of symbols that can lead
to arguments about the
