[cornelis]

As near as I can tell dogma is immune to errors of observation, and all else is flawed by it.

Yes, there is a tension between dogma and observation. There are all kinds of dogmas, theological, epistemological, philosophical.

There is also a tension between observation and the observed.

[tacticalogic]

Yes, there is a tension between dogma and observation. There are all kinds of dogmas, theological, epistemological, philosophical.

Tension only comes into existence in the attempt at reconciliation. If that tension is sufficient, then the attempt will be shattered, and the two will remain unreconciled - and it will will become a choice of rejecting dogma or denying observation.