Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

The pain when personal beliefs are questioned

So why do people hold out when occasionally personal beliefs are shown to be wrong?

Why do they seem to burrow-in so readily when a belief is challenged?

Maybe, it is because anyone who has felt the emotion of betrayal knows the feeling of what it is like when you finally accept a belief in someone or something turns out to be false.

It's a painful experience when a fundamental personal belief is challenged. And pain tends to bring back painful memories.

So, in the end, sometimes its better to accept the "devil you know, than the devil you don't know" then have to go through the painful experience of personal change of beliefs.

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