“we don’t know” is scientific equivalency, like

On the one hand 99 scientists think global warming is real

On the other hand here’s a Maggat “scientist” in a red hat from Bob Jones university with a Ph.D in religious studies and geology who thinks everything is okay.

There’s nothing to indicate any human experience is not the result of biochemical processes and that brain death doesn’t end consciousness.

“We don’t know” = how to tell me you’re a religious cult member without telling me you’re a religious cult member

This is why the US lacks credibility.

When I hear about Tienanmen Square and all the protestors killed, I want to believe the US… and not believe China… and yet, I can’t be sure that anything coming from the US isn’t just made up garbage. It’s probably not… but I can’t really know!

It’s a horrible policy decision too allow things like this and creates major distrust of all US government narratives, when almost all of them could be true.