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Pomposity, Pettiness, Pride, and Projection<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Below, I will document that this supposed intransigence regarding ever admitting that I was wrong is a lie, which is super-easy to do with the search engine on my blog. It\u2019s good<\/em> to do because this is one of the lies about me that I hear frequently from those predisposed to despise me, and I\u2019ve had enough<\/em><\/strong> of it. Facts are facts. And lies are lies. It\u2019s easy as pie for someone to throw out ludicrous accusations about someone, without anywhere near sufficient documentation about the alleged severe character fault. And as I have explained, this harms my apostolate and my name and reputation: all of which I will defend against scurrilous lies.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

My Odyssey from Evangelicalism to Catholicism<\/span> [title] (9 December 1990 \/ revised: July 1992 \/ expanded: 1993<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Martin Luther: Beyond Mythology to Historical Fact [14 January 1991<\/a>; was once posted as an online paper, but eventually taken down, as I learned more and more about Luther and honed or revised several of my opinions<\/span>; . . .]<\/p>\n

I apologize<\/span> upfront for any excess of language or undue judgment or rashness. (8-22-00<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I have, therefore, modified my opinion<\/span> of the strength of this proof text for the eternal existence of Jesus. (11-3-03<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Note: this was written in 1992. I\u2019ve learned tons of things about Martin Luther since that time<\/span>; even in just the last few years, as I continue to do further research and reading. In several cases, I have changed my opinion on particular elements of his beliefs and behavior<\/span>. Thus, I wouldn\u2019t express several things in this article the way I did then, and I\u2019ve discovered one definite inaccuracy; see the next note below. I have kept this article online, listed on my \u201cResume\u201d because it was my first published article. But I don\u2019t list it on my Luther web page, due to its outdated nature and relative lack of documentation. At the time I wrote it (before I was even online), I didn\u2019t have nearly the resources available to me that I now have. (5-27-04<\/a>)<\/p>\n

One may indeed question the criteria by which \u201cdenomination\u201d was defined. This ultimately led to my own skeptical position, and caused me to change my opinion<\/span> only a short while after I wrote my paper, upon further reflection (and to remove the paper from my website<\/span>). Strangely enough, one person who helped convince me to change my mind was the anti-Catholic Eric Svendsen<\/span> (who despises my work and thinks little of me even on a personal level). But I don\u2019t care where truth comes from: truth is truth. Eric made a good argument, that I found compelling<\/span>. (9-4-04<\/a>)<\/p>\n

My first paper on Luther dates from 1991. Needless to say, I have learned a great deal about Luther since that time (anyone can see\u00a0how much I have written about him,<\/a>\u00a0including now two books [one<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0two<\/a>]) and have refined many of my opinions<\/span>, as I learned more and more. Swan knows this full well. He knows that I systematically purged virtually all references to O\u2019Hare\u2019s citations from my papers<\/span> way back in 2002 (because he noted it in\u00a0a post from 10 October 2006<\/a>; the original version mentioned my name;\u00a0the present one<\/a>\u00a0doesn\u2019t, but still cites my words).<\/p>\n

But\u00a0 Swan loves to keep citing my old papers, knowing that I have modified many opinions in them<\/span>. I continue to develop my beliefs about Luther on an ongoing basis, and remove old stuff<\/span>; he keeps bringing it back, without noting (apart from a very rare and reluctant \u201cnod\u201d like the above paper) that I have changed my mind<\/span>. This is unethical: pure and simple. (8-27-11<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Sometimes I will change my opinion<\/span>, if I think the facts warrant it. People have to accept (or \u201ctake\u201d) me as I am. I call things as I see \u2019em. I have opinions and sometimes I change my mind<\/span> (I did recently, for example, [see link<\/a>] regarding my discontinuance of the term,\u00a0radtrad<\/i>: which had some serious problems in usage and reception). (8-12-13<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Waterboarding: How and Why I Changed My Mind<\/span> [title] (1-31-15; rev. 1-17-19<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I expressed my opinion that\u00a0Amoris Laetitia<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0sufficiently clarified already<\/a>\u00a0(11-16-16). Then I modified my view<\/span> somewhat (though not essentially), in terms of thinking that further clarification from the pope (in reply to the\u00a0dubia<\/em>\u00a0from the four cardinals)\u00a0would be helpful and indeed is necessary<\/a>\u00a0in our present \u201cconfused\u201d circumstances (12-1-16).<\/p>\n

Capital Punishment: I\u2019ve Changed My Mind<\/span> [title] (12-4-17<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Review of Keating\u2019s \u201cFrancis Feud\u201d Removed, w Apology<\/span> [title] (12-24-18<\/a>)<\/p>\n

In fact, on reflection, I have decided that the overall argument I made there is too weak for me to continue to have the paper on my blog, so I have removed it<\/span>. (2-23-19<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I modified my view<\/span> of Luther\u2019s view of the Immaculate Conception, which he changed later on in life. I call his position \u201cimmaculate purification,\u201d because he no longer placed it at her conception. I changed my mind<\/span>\u00a0 [on 10-2-10<\/a>] in part because of some arguments produced by anti-Catholics. Truth is truth, wherever it is found. (5-9-20<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I apologized for that and removed it from Amazon<\/span> (even though your book mentioned me 99 times and you didn\u2019t bother to let me know before publication), . . . (12-4-20<\/a>)<\/p>\n

If you want to talk about\u00a0individual examples<\/i>\u00a0of where you think you saw this behavior in me, I\u2019d be more than happy to explain why I reacted as I did, and why; and will apologize, retract and modify or remove materials if necessary, just as I apologized to WCB<\/span> within the last half hour. . . .\u00a0Now it\u2019s true that I sort of lumped you in with a general atheist ignorance of theology. I did that because I see this sort of thing all the time and it\u2019s ultra-frustrating. But it was nothing personal, and to the extent that I over-generalized or broad-brushed you, I apologize<\/span>. It\u2019s unfair<\/span> to make you the epitome of atheist undereducation about Christian theology. (12-21-20<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I apologized<\/span> for an unfortunate title of my first reply, and changed it. I also changed words in the first paragraph. . . . Fair point about your not saying I \u201cdeliberately\u201d did so. I think I characterized it that way once or twice, and I will remove that word. Thanks, and my apologies for that<\/span>. . . .\u00a0I made a mistake. I already apologized<\/span>. . . . I\u2019ve apologized for it, changed the words, and clarified<\/span>.\u00a0(6-4-21<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I will apologize and retract<\/span> if you show me where I have attacked you personally. Here, I apologize<\/span> for using the phrase \u201cintellectual dishonesty.\u201d I must have been overly frustrated. I don\u2019t believe this about you. (6-17-21<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Audrey Assad\u2019s Journey: Apology & Retraction<\/span> [title] (10-2-21<\/a>)<\/p>\n

I have removed all of my original post<\/span> after the above introductory citation because my basic explanation (speculative!<\/strong><\/em>, but in retrospect\u00a0too<\/em> much so) for why she left the faith was a lack of apologetics reading. She has clarified that she has read quite a bit of that. Fair enough. I was wrong<\/span> in that respect. I apologize<\/span> for any offense. (10-2-21<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:<\/span><\/strong> eric niu<\/a> (3-31-06)<\/span> [Flickr<\/a> \/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a> license]<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/em>: Sanctimonious self-appointed judges sometimes claim that I rarely ever admit I\u2019m wrong about anything and need to relentlessly be correct. Nonsense, as I prove.<\/p>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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