sac beh
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I know this is a really old thread, but after reading just the first post I had to throw one thing out there -- nobody likes being proselytized, regardless of what the topic of discussion is, and everybody does exactly what you described in your first post...including yourself, whether you realize it or not.
Nobody likes being proselytized, sure. But there are people who open their ideas up to the scrutiny of others for the sake of truth. This in fact is a requirement for entering the scientific community. The mistake made by some is thinking that all teaching is mere proselytizing for a hidden agenda. That's the mistake and the confusion.
I have no fear of opposing views, of evidence that goes against previous assumptions, of someone else teaching me an error in my ideas. I only require that they have evidence and reasoning behind it and not fantasy.