Why are believers always right?

Answer 1

Okay lets have a look at your question...

1} "Belief" is subjective , meaning to say that many different groups of people around the world , hold different beliefs , they define that belief themselves , some are in complete opposite , some are similar , but proud of their difference...

2} "always right" , I feel that perhaps you've met people that have asserted their "belief" , to an individual who does not value that belief ! Namely YOU , the questioner !

So I could presume , you are a person of "no beliefs" as the kind that we associate with "religious institutionalism" , I need to clarify that because I will humbly attempt to answer this question , bearing in mind that you do not hold common religious beliefs in value .

Psychology , lets look at the psychology of those who do hold "belief" in great value ,to have confidence or faith in the truth , as in a definition of "belief" , BUT ITS THEIR BELIEF , its not that which you hold in high esteem or in any esteem whats so ever , they have been nurtured upon the association of "positive qualities" with their "peculiar belief" , the "belief" in it self is not a tangible mechanism , like DNA or atomic physics , thus it seats its self in the psyche of emotions , supported by "positive" discriminations over time , it manifests itself , in support of he/she that asserts that belief...Thats why people like you who do not value that belief , get that impression , because you encounter people , who express "belief" that is not only very personal to them , but also a catalyst to their emotional heart !

Answer 2

Every mature system of belief, including agnosticism, is self-affirming. There are a multitude of reasons that the believer adduces to comfort himself/herself in the rightness of what they believe. These reasons are frequently vacuous, and can be exposed by a trivial amount of questioning. For every line of questioning, a reaction is required. A trained agnostic will evade worthwhile questions by smothering all in a blanket of self-affirming uncertainty.

Idiots usually don't change their beliefs.