Evolution of views

What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind?

So many things to choose from here. Beer, steak, education, politics, medicine, God. Viewpoints evolve through life experiences, proper research, and intelligent discourse. It’s a natural and necessary thing for growth.

Simple example – I hated steak as a kid. My mother always cooked steak for herself, my sister, and me well done, and it tasted horrible, and was difficult to chew. My father ate his steak rare, and I could not stomach that. The sight of the blood (which isn’t actually blood) on the plate made me nauseous. It didn’t help that he would make a mooing sound when poking it with a fork. lol Now, give me a big, medium rare, properly seasoned steak, and I’m a happy camper!

Complex example – I was raised as a devout Catholic. I had real, almost unquestionable faith in God. For various reasons, I wound up questioning that faith, and began reading all about different religions. I settled at the time on the idea that whatever you believed would be your truth and reality in life and after. I even went so far as to take a comparative theology elective in college. From there, I became an atheist, then an agnostic, and now I am again questioning existence in general, not really sure what to (or not to) believe.

I think that we have to understand that our views on pretty much any topic can, and perhaps should, evolve. I mean, if you held the same views on life that you did when you were 16, how much have you really grown as a person? And is it good to hold beliefs that can’t be challenged, or modified by the introduction of new information? That may be something I have to delve deeper into in a different post… stay tuned!