The Unbeliever and the Dogmatist

Are unbelievers dogmatic? What is dogmatism? A dogmatic person holds to his chosen articles of belief with a tenacious will resistant to all objections. Whether summarily or after long deliberation, the result is known beforehand. Any doubts a dogmatist might have are irrelevant. His primary and only concern is orthodoxy, whether his own or that of his congregation. The pathos that finds doubt a danger to salvation and reputation…