Do you have any strongly held beliefs?

I have a few strongly held beliefs, the kind I’ll get angry about, the kind I’ll fight for.

One is the belief that personal freedom should come above almost every other prerogative, including personal safety. (As in the freedom of the person to do things that may cause harm to himself or herself, such as drugs, or selling body parts.)

However, it is also my belief that strongly held beliefs are cop outs. By having a strongly held belief, you are (to varying degrees) choosing not to question said beliefs, which is easy for the individual but detrimental to the society (In my opinion.)

What are the values and beliefs that you hold dear? And what are your beliefs about beliefs? Are they helpful, harmful, neutral?