The Empty Creed of ‘No Beliefs’

By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow  We live in an age obsessed with sensitivity yet strangely allergic to conviction.   Everywhere, the message is clear: don’t have strong beliefs — someone might be offended. The modern social code equates belief with intolerance, faith with judgment, and moral certainty with arrogance. But in our eagerness not to offend, we’ve created a culture that offends something deeper — the dignity of belief itself.   There is a difference between belief and opinion. Opinions are…