“I used to believe in assisted dying,” said Rowling. “I no longer do, largely because I’m married to a doctor who opened my eyes to the possibilities of coercion of sick or vulnerable people.”
“I could probably list at least twenty more things I’ve changed my mind about,” Rowling said. “I don’t currently have a single belief that couldn’t be altered by clear, concrete evidence and in all but one case, I know what that evidence would have to be.”
“The exception is the God conundrum, because I don’t know what I’d have to see to make me come down firmly on either side,” she concluded. “I suppose that’s the meaning of faith, believing without seeing proof, and that’s why I’ll probably go to my grave with that particular personal matter unresolved.”
