(October 12, 2015 at 10:13 am)Little Rik Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 9:30 am)robvalue Wrote: It seems that not having any dogma is considered by some to be dogma.
You seem to be an expert in dogmas Rob.
Can you please help Little Rik by explaining him what a dogma is?
STILL doesn't get it.
(swiped from dictionary.reference.com)
dogma
[dawg-muh, dog-]
noun, plural dogmas or (Rare) dogmata [dawg-muh-tuh] (Show IPA)
1.
an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church.
Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
2.
a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption;
the recently defined dogma of papal infallibility.
Synonyms: tenet, canon, law.
3.
prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group:
the difficulty of resisting political dogma.
4.
a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle:
the classic dogma of objectivity in scientific observation.
Synonyms: conviction, certainty.
We could posit dogmatic behavior as: Slavishly following a belief system in the face of opposing scientific evidence.
A refusal to believe something based on the non-availability of measurable data is not dogma.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
