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self test A on
the above self
test B on the above SKEPTIC THE
TRUE BELIEVER
I
believe knowledge is generally accompanied by some degree of uncertainty
and doubt. I like where doubting can lead: to questioning, debating,
reconsidering, testing, new knowledge, and eventually to the
truth. I am suspicious of faith-based beliefs. In deciding what to
believe, I prefer reason and critical thinking, to emotion and wishful
thinking. In putting down "true believers"— sometimes
treating them with contempt— I lack humility and can be
arrogant. (Note: critics charge that, in their efforts to “debunk,”
skeptics
can be closed-minded, and too eager to dismiss evidence not supportive
of what they believe.)
My
faith in what I believe is free from doubt. If you'd had my experience, you'd
also believe! I understand what it is to be a Believer. I like to think of
myself as devoted to a noble cause in the fight for justice or search for Truth.
I too can overcome obstacles through courage, persistence, and Shining Purity. I
define who I am, magnify my identity, and recognize my enemies through my
crusades.
(Note:
Faith
is used here in a broadly defined spiritual context. Critics say true believers have an "excess of
certitude" and / or cite
their “irrational persistence” in holding “untenable beliefs.”)
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"As you shop in "The Reality Marketplace" avoid
spending your "reality cash" too early, before you have
seen
everything. "
from Coming of Age in the Global Village,
by
Stephen P. Cook, with Donella H. Meadows.