Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.

If I believe that abortion is wrong, and I want to convince you that it's wrong, there's no reason I should recount to you my personal narrative of how I came to believe this.

While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you.

If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness.

Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.

Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.

America is very much about individual happiness, the right to expression, self-determination. In America you do need to point to harm befalls victims before you can limit someone else's rights.