That doesn't mean that you must embrace all new knowledge...it merely means you must consider/evaluate it.
Contradicts this:
A guarded mind is a fearful mind
In fact, your first sentence quoted above is the definition of a guarded mind.
Finally, this comment:
You are confusing
is rubbish; it is arrogant, condescending, ignorant, and most of all it is false. I am confusing nothing.
Well, I apologize if I seemed condescending.
It is quite possible that you and I are arguing over semantics. And when people argue semantics, they are often confused over the way words are being used.
Even you and me.