As for your rhyme, I never considered you dogmatic, just opinionated and
willing to staunchly defend what you believe is true. I am the same; hence
I was not surprised when we started butting heads, nor did I let it become
personal. Nor did I ever believe that you believed your beliefs were the
sum of all truth. I certainly cannot claim all knowledge; I have taken to
heart the messages of Jacob Bronowski's lecture "Knowledge or Certainty",
which are that there is no perfect knowledge nor any way to obtain same, and
that the more you know the less certain you become that what you know is
perfect or even all there is to know. But neither will I pretend that what
I do know is true is in fact not true, just as you will not. I believe that
in that way we are very much alike.
Kevin L. O'Brien