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 | This page in a nutshell: It's a policy to assume good faith. If you decide to be the exception, you will regret it. |
The thing I most love about being a volunteer Scripture teacher in primary school is the way the kids keep me honest. They know people tell lies, but somehow they haven't internalised it. If I tell them something that I don't believe 100% myself, that is a betrayal. That's how they see it, and I'm on their side. I think it's part of what Jesus meant when he said we were to be childlike (not childish, childlike) or we wouldn't enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Wikipedia is a bit like Heaven.