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The corollary to this principle is that one cannot believe something to be true without also believing all of the dependent truths. This presents a problem for religion because it means one can’t just conveniently pick and choose which truths to accept. For example, if one affirms that for A to be true B and C must also be true, one should also be able to safely deduce that anyone who believes A to be true must believe B and C to be true as well. But what if one doesn’t accept this awkward conclusion? What if one accepts A but rejects B and C? Obviously one’s claim to believe A and disbelieve B and C does not stand up to scrutiny. Very often this thought process is precisely what happens to an intellectually dishonest and/or “brainwashed” person. …. There are those wacky religious leaders who claim that pharmacists have a duty to refuse to fill certain prescriptions. These right-wing religious nuts in the USA have found a favorable audience in the government and have endeavored to have it make a ruling giving pharmacists and other health providers the right to refuse to perform certain services or educate clients on procedures that they, the pharmacists, “object to as a matter of conscience.” By the same token, should the Christian accept a job in a gun shop and then refuse to sell guns or bullets because they may be used to kill? What about a waitress who refuses to serve patrons meat because her religion teaches that animals also possess a soul? Do they now see how ridiculous their argument is and how it lacks any merit? Where would it end, what other jobs should give people the same right of refusal? Does a librarian have the duty to prevent adult readers from accessing books with adult topics? It is not a part of such an individual’s job in any circumstance to control the morality of others, just as it is not the duty of a gun salesperson to prevent the gun purchaser from committing a crime using a gun just purchased, or refusing the sale because the gun may be used for wrongdoing.