"I refuse to change my mind"

[Kosh]

To be closed minded is to not consider. To be un moved or unmotivated in thought till the 'tide' of the culture turns..

Most closed minded people think it's about being moved at all. As in if the evidence Demands All Believe "X". I would believe 'x' even though the pop belief is currently "Y".  It's not about being able to follow th crowd's beliefs.

It is about having an open mind is to consider the alternative before evidence demands it. It is the ablity to adopt the life philosophy that even if the world works on nothing but absolutes, you are not privy to most of them. Therefore you are ready at a moments notice ready to challenge even your strongest beliefs, based on the truth you can find or identify.

Most of you if you were honest, you would admit you do not even know where to begin to challenge your foundational truths, without destroying yourselves in the process. As you are all super-ego and ID, no ego.

You do realize that quite a few of us atheist (possibly a large majority) were <insert some religion here> at some point in time?  I was baptized Lutheran, indoctrinated as a christian, attended Sunday school, and confirmed Lutheran.  Many of us have lived both sides of the tracks.  In my personal experience, I gave Christianity the old college try, but I couldn't reconcile it with what I was seeing in the real world.

I think some peoples brains are wired differently.  I tend to question and research everything. 

The only thing that would change my mind that there is a god would be a massive and simultaneous communication by "god" to all people on the planet.  I'm talking full on world comes to a complete stop, all weapons become non-operational, image of god on TV, voice on Radio across all frequencies, visible floating in the air to all humans, and giving us a precise message. god could toss in an end to pain and suffering, hunger, poverty, and a cure to all medical conditions just to prove it is serious.