> Do you maintain the same skepticism and objectivity about your
> own predispositions and beliefs as you require of me?
Probably more so.
Part of accepting a basically scientific paradigm of knowledge
is to be ready to change ones beliefs when the evidence rolls in, even
if you have to give up a pet theory.
It's called an open belief system.
It's just that those of us with open belief systems have
developed highly refined bull shit filters.
Right now I believe that the person of Moses is entirely a
figure of legend--but if you can dig up some evidence beyond Bible
legends, that there really was such a person, I'll change my belief on
that point.
About the time I was getting old enough to even concern myself
with such things, one of the first beliefs that had to change was the
historicity of Troy. Turns out to have been a real city.
As a jr. high and high school student, the modern synthesis in
evolution had not fully penetrated to secondary school levels, and I
found myself having to update what I thought true of evolution and
biology.
It requires work, but hey, its worth it not to have ones head
filled with ancient superstitions or modern prejudices.
Ciao..
-- Michael Fisher, ET1/SS USN ret., law student* * * He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Thomas Paine
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