# Bigotry versus genuine religious belief

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [September 24, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434 "2020-09-24T18:43:29Z")
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### Author: ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434/197 "2020-10-01T17:36:00Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> > [@RitterSport](#):
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> > I suppose it’s possible that someone’s mind is actually changed by persuasive argument!
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> That does happen.
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> But I suspect that it often happens over a period of time, and often not in the original (or one of the early) discussion(s)

It’s happened to me, courtesy of posters right here on the SDMB. A thread on circumcision convinced me the practice wasn’t merely a harmless ritual, but a needless mutilation. And the [Should US high schools drop sports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-us-high-schools-drop-sports/921037/97) thread has changed my mind on the benefit of team sports, thanks to posts by @MandaJo and you and others.

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