RE: IS IT EASY TO ABANDON A BELIEF? / É FÁCIL ABANDONAR UMA CRENÇA? (EN / PT)

they find it difficult to accept opinions or anything that takes them against their internal principles

Exactly!! It's like they feel that the new information and change is attacking them, when in reality it is just challenging old beliefs or information.

And you're totally right. It is good to learn to question information before accepting it, because not everything that is said is true and we have to learn to verify the information before generating an opinion about it.