I wasn't saying the comic was right or wrong, but certainly it's what was running through my mind when I say that we all have 'cherished' or 'deeply held' beliefs. I think at some point deeply held beliefs will be challenged by edge cases, or can hold self-contradictions at the extremes, or turn out to be impractical when applied to the real world – specifically a world of people who won't ever align on a single set of deeply held beliefs, and specifically a world with a subset that would exploit those who hold too fast any kind of belief.

> I don't find that comic compelling.

Perhaps you don't, but I've certainly seen it play out in real life. People don't like beliefs shoved down their throats, no matter how much it might be in their favor.