Understanding others' perspectives

     A comment that I saw about muslims assuming everyone else is christian (okay, I'm probably misinterpereting that; I will try not to be offended when I am corrected) inspired a train of thought. People, in general have difficulty understanding the belief systems of others. Most things I see seem to try to pigeon-hole belief systems. As my own beliefs don't match any of the holes, no one seems to understand just what I believe.
     People also seem to think that their beliefs are "obviously true." Hello! If the beliefs were obviously true, there would be no dissent.
     I would like to see more people trying to understand different perspectives. They don't have to agree, just understand. It should be reasonable to be able to think of the consequences of a belief without committing to it.

Worldviews and perspectives

It appears that there are several evangelical christians who cannot comprehend worldviews other than their own. As I have seen quite a bit of "Well, what if the christian god is real?" together with "Anything god does is automaticly just because he's god," I have started asking what if this god has decided that the bible is a hoax and sends them to torment anyway.

So far, I have not had anyone answer that question directly. I have seen wiggle out answers instead, claims that it is inconsistent for god to lie. An interesting example of circular reasoning is "We know that god has revealed his honesty in a way that we can be certain because god has revealed his honesty in a way that we can be certain." Naturally, they recognize such blatent abuses of logic when applied to anything else.