[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"Clearly, I have already made my judgement based on the prejudices, experiences, assumptions, world view I brought to the table before I even heard of this memo."

Yes, you did make your judgement before this memo.

I read this to mean that you made up your mind before any facts came out. I try not to do that.

[JohnGalt]

That is absurd.

Facts in the temporal world are not the same as facts in the spiritual world. We all make decisions and determination based on the assumptions etc we bring to the table before hand. I will tend to be skeptical (to say the least) of new government studies about global warming or smoking or fatty foods no matter how many 'facts' the purport to offer.

You are no different.