Stumbled in to this question under the "Jesus wuvs me" thread... Made me think about beife in all its forms...
How do you make somone belive you? what dose it take?
Prove to somone that has not been to your contrey that it exists:
Even if you do manage to prove to a person that has never been to your country that person still needs to have faith to accept that proof. How much proof do you need to accept that a country really exists? That depends entierly on who you are trying to prove it to. Someone might accept that you mearly tell them: I come from a land called Australia! Things are like this and like so over there... Kangaroos and koalas!
If the person has trust and faith in you he/she will accept that what you say is true...
How do you proove to a person that dose not trust you or your friends? Show them pictuers? Give him "facts" about your country? FAKE, he proclaims! I belive you not! For I am part of the trueman show and there is nothing outside these walls but lies!
A very narowminded man I agree. But I think you get my point...
It is the same consept in any situation where the person you are trying to convinse of something that he/she has not experianced... Religion is probably the best example of that...
I'm sure there is alot of countries out there that dose exist but is not part of the universe that you are the center of.
How much of the world existed when you where a little kid?
Now prove to a person that has been to australia that it dose not really exist... Think about that one...