I should have included this in my last post, but better late than never.
If you have ever promoted the faith and reason at war myth, and you have come to the point of admitting that you cannot defend that language then the time has come for repentance and reconciliation. To repent is to express contrition, a recognition of the sin of your ways and an expressed intent to make amends. To facilitate reconcilation is to work to undo all the damage you have done by perpetuating that myth.
Here is the place to start. Begin by reciting this vow:
I ________ do hearby acknowledge that in the past I have pitted faith against reason either out of my own egregious ignorance of epistemology or for purile rhetorical purposes. I now renounce that past behavior and vow to go forward and demonstrate to all who will listen that all rational belief includes faith, in the name of reason, truth, and honesty.
Amen
Now go forth my child, and sin no more.
