When discussing Chapter five section A "Is that true?" There are only three decisions a person can make when deciding whether or not to believe a claim. A person can either accept the claim as true, reject the claim as false, or suspend judgment. I believe that many people make these decision based on many others contributing factors. Many times people make the decision based on a person looks or etiquette. If a person covered in tattoos, with a cigarette in their mouth, and a beer in the other hand told me that one of the leading causes of deaths of children aged 15-24 was accidental death I may not have a very easy time believing them. But if a well dressed, clean shaven man told me the same claim I would have a much easier time believing the claim. Although a claim can only be accepted, rejected, or suspended there are many different things the help a person decide on which decision to make about a claim.
People suspend judgment when they believe something can be true, but are still a little skeptical about it. An example of this is religion. Religion makes some pretty outrageous claims about many topics, but yet people still believe in them. An example of this is the Adam and Eve story. God created two people and from them the entire world became populated? People believe in stupid claims like this because of religion. I know I may be bashing religion, but this is a prime example of people suspending judgment about certain claims being made. Claims in religion are some of craziest things I have heard, but people buy into what it is selling.
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