[Vakham]

Why can't people see another person's point of view or even change their own view during conversations with people of different backgrounds? Even though we are from different backgrounds, if we did this we would be able to relate through every aspect of life.

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[Fallert]

Maybe there is a problem with jeolousy. Or, maybe the idea of what they know or think they know about other cultures is something they don't want to let go of. With religion, it could be simply be not wanting to believe anything different from what they were raised as. If you open yourself up to a different religion, then you start questioning your own beliefs.

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Name : Fallert, City : Lindsay, State : CA Country : United States, 

[Trust no manager]

In my experience people often keep a death-grip on their own opinions in arguements or discussions, even in the face of hard facts and good arguements to the contrary. I think generally people like to cling to, and assert, their own opinions. Sometimes it's out of sheer tenacity and bloody-mindedness. Alot of the time I think it's because changing your own opinion shakes your world view, and your confidence in your own beliefs.

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[Patrick Wood]

You are making an assumption that people cannot see the other point of view made by an individual of a different culture than their own. If it is, however perceived to be the case, it is possible that the individual does see the other point of view but simply refuses to verbally acknowledge it.

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