Peterson's First Rule for the Study of Other Religions: If a substantial number of sane and intelligent people believe something that seems to you utterly without sense, the problem probably lies with you, for not grasping what it is about that belief that a lucid and reasonable person might find plausible and satisfying.
Until you understand why people of good sense, learning, mental health, and sound intelligence find a particular worldview convincing and worthy of allegiance -- and I include among world views here not only religions but atheism and such secular ideologies as Marxism -- you haven't really understood it.
You don't have to accept that other worldview, but, if you're serious about understanding it, you really have to grasp it.
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