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IMO, the task of finding common ground between the religious/theistic community and the secular community is very challenging: it is very complicated when people hold certain pre-conceptions and cling to certain stereotypes of the 'other'. Thus, when engaging the 'others', it seems that people are more interested in confirming stereotypes and their past and present thinking patterns; rather than keeping an open mind and adjusting their preconceptions and thought patterns accordingly, as new information, which may contradict popular stereotypes, becomes available to them. Hence, if both communities embraced curiosity and were willing to step outside of themselves and genuinely learn about the 'other', then perhaps they could find overlapping interests, establish commonalities, maintain their individual uniqueness, and peacefully co-exist with one another.
IMO, the task of finding common ground between the religious/theistic community and the secular community is very challenging: it is very complicated when people hold certain pre-conceptions and cling to certain stereotypes of the 'other'. Thus, when engaging the 'others', it seems that people are more interested in confirming stereotypes and their past and present thinking patterns; rather than keeping an open mind and adjusting their preconceptions and thought patterns accordingly, as new information, which may contradict popular stereotypes, becomes available to them. Hence, if both communities embraced curiosity and were willing to step outside of themselves and genuinely learn about the 'other', then perhaps they could find overlapping interests, establish commonalities, maintain their individual uniqueness, and peacefully co-exist with one another.