Introductions are always good so let us begin with one.
I feel that the most important quality in an individual is the ability to consider and reconsider; to accept or reject ideas on the merits of its arguments and not on how well it fits into what is already believed or how one believes things should be, to recognize that reality may not fit into one's image of the world but to accept it as reality nonetheless.
There are far too many who disregard information for the sake of comfort, who negate ideas because they are contrary and reject arguments without a true understanding of what they have rejected or what they have rejected it over. There are too many who are not willing to challenge their beliefs, holding on to ideas that they do not fully understand simply because of its proliferation. There are too many who are not inquisitive, who demand that information be given or provided without actively seeking it themselves.
Fortunately there are people who willing to change their opinions and ideas when confronted with new information, unfortunately such sagacity is not viewed as a virtue but a vice. They are labeled "flip-floppers" or "waffelers," terms that only demonstrate the childishness of the accusers. There is nothing inherently wrong in changing one's opinion provided that the change is educated and reasoned. We cannot consider such changes as a sign of a weak mind.
What I hope to do here with this blog is step through the things that I have considered and reconsidered, the things that disturb me but must nevertheless accept as reality. For me this is an exercise of my critical ability, for you perhaps a window into how minds change and how an educated opinion is formed regardless of preconceptions.
I'd like to end this introductory post thusly: Always be inquisitive. It never hurts to know more.
