In Reply to: Re: Journeys rules have been updated posted by moonshiner on September 01, 2006 at 17:36:30:
So are the differences between a scientifically and philosophically honest atheist, and a dogmatic atheist.
The former becomes a theistic believer, as in my case. Further searching and honesty made me a Christian convert; as well.
Oh, yeah--I also quit pretending in the existence of something quite siginificant; the actual existence of scientific facts purporting to make anti-theism more than a johny-come-lately religious invention popular in the political past of Europe.
I owned up to the non-extistence of substantial reasons for assuming that everybody in the world should automatically default to MY beliefs, as I found that religious and offensive to me personally as an ex-member of an admittedly sub-Christian cult.
Oh, yeah--I learned to quit letting tenured professors, and their "intellectual" ilk, bully me, and started asking questions about the product (education) I was purchasing. When I "saw that the Emperor had no clothes" I spoke up, when appropriate.
I learned to pick my battles, and I learned to not "do science badly", as I had as an atheist (a dogmatic one; that is).
Cheers (to the honest)!
OT2