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WHAT IS SEEING IS BELIEVING? Faith " It's all about believing, you don't know how it will happen, but you know it will." "Stand up for what you believe in, even if it is true or false. In the text "The People Could Fly" on page 65 lines 68-69 states, " No one dared speaking about it. Couldn't believe it." When thinking about the common saying seeing is believing it means you can only believe something that is surprising or strange is true if you see it yourself. When thinking about seeing is believing my perspective is strongly agree. In the following play "Sorry, Wrong Number" shows support to my claim. My first piece of evidence is on page 123 lines 802-803 and it states, "(She cries out) Oh, my clock had stopped." This evidence …show more content…

My next piece of evidence was already stated in the first paragraph. On page 65 lines 68-69 states " No one dared speaking about it. Couldn't believe it." The slaves in Africa weren't believing that people were escaping from the plantation. The slaves had to see the people escape from the island in order to believe it. Many people may strongly disagree about the saying "seeing is believing." They may disagree because of a few details that they saw in a text or what they have heard. For example in the text "Heartbeat" states," I accidentally put on two T-Shirts and everyone thought I got bigger." Everyone was just seeing him through the halls and they believe that he got bigger, but if they asked hi to take off his shirt and show off how big he got then that will be a problem. Stop thinking seeing is not believing when you can just think seeing is believing. Without any doubt, I still strongly agree "seeing is believing." My perspective on seeing is believing is positive. "People hear what you say, but they see what you do;and seeing is believing." "Positive thinking is the KEY to

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