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''Psychology Today'' indicates: | ''Psychology Today'' indicates: | ||
| − | {{Cquote|Dogmatism has usually been related to low levels of openness to experience, the latter being an indicator of one's interest in new and non-traditional ideas. Dogmatism has mostly been studied in relation to religious beliefs but some recent research has looked at dogmatism among non-religious people. One surprising finding was that among self-identified atheists, higher levels of | + | {{Cquote|Dogmatism has usually been related to low levels of openness to experience, the latter being an indicator of one's interest in new and non-traditional ideas. Dogmatism has mostly been studied in relation to religious beliefs but some recent research has looked at dogmatism among non-religious people. One surprising finding was that among self-identified atheists, higher levels of openness to experience were actually associated with greater dogmatism, contrary to the usual pattern. This suggests that the personality dimension openness to experience might not be a marker of open-mindedness as such but more of a preference for unconventional and complex ideas. Perhaps there needs to be a distinction made between humble versus arrogant forms of openness to experience.<ref>[https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody-else/201309/dogmatism-and-openness-experience-in-the-non-religious Dogmatism and Openness to Experience in the Non-Religious], ''Psychology Today'', 2013</ref>}} |
The essay ''The Parental Deity and The One To Be Realized'' declares: | The essay ''The Parental Deity and The One To Be Realized'' declares: | ||
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Concering atheism and dogmatism, research shows that atheists are less open-minded (see: Atheism and open-mindedness).
Psychology Today indicates:
| “ | Dogmatism has usually been related to low levels of openness to experience, the latter being an indicator of one's interest in new and non-traditional ideas. Dogmatism has mostly been studied in relation to religious beliefs but some recent research has looked at dogmatism among non-religious people. One surprising finding was that among self-identified atheists, higher levels of openness to experience were actually associated with greater dogmatism, contrary to the usual pattern. This suggests that the personality dimension openness to experience might not be a marker of open-mindedness as such but more of a preference for unconventional and complex ideas. Perhaps there needs to be a distinction made between humble versus arrogant forms of openness to experience.[1] | ” |
The essay The Parental Deity and The One To Be Realized declares:
| “ | Atheism is the ultimate form of denial of the Parental "God". Atheism is not founded on real observation of the ultimate facts of the universe. Rather, it is a kind of adolescent development of the human species.
What characterizes the doctrine (or dogma) of atheism is not a discovery that there is no "God", but a refusal to acknowledge every kind of parent (or parent-like authority), including (therefore) the Parental "God" of childish "religion".[2] |
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- ↑ Dogmatism and Openness to Experience in the Non-Religious, Psychology Today, 2013
- ↑ The Dogma of Atheism by Dogma of Atheism: A reading from The Aletheon