Thorough and Perpetual Skepticism
Reblogged from atheist, polyamorous, skeptics:
Skepticism is a method.
I'll repeat.
Skepticism is a method. It is not a set of beliefs or even tentative conclusions (it leads to the latter, however). You cannot be a skeptic for a little while, come to some conclusions, and stop being skeptical. OK, well, you can do that, but doing so is counter-productive, assuming you care what's true and not merely a little better than what you used to think.
I love this. I could never understand why people stopped short on certain topics. I've always been a searcher, and I've taken time a few times a year to reexamine what I think I believe and what I actually know. It's a lovely task, oftentimes, but it is right. I swore to take nothing for granted for my own sake and each day I can shake off some dust-covered useless idea. I'm certain of less and less as time goes on yet that which I know has a stronger foundation for it.
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