[walden]

Thank you, but I arrived at my beliefs through decades of experience and thought, and they are not at all ambivalent.

[New Zealander]

Thank you, but I arrived at my beliefs through decades of experience and thought, and they are not at all ambivalent.

Yes – that’s not at odds with what I said - an ‘ambivalent’ position can only be adopted as a belief – and nestled in the mind earnestly stops being at odds with itself.

Unfortunately it can then become entrenched and becomes a matter of pride to defend...because it may not stand up in debate. A belief that is put forward in debate has to be understood by the recipient; otherwise any flaws in it are set upon.