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FrankH



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(Permalink) Posted: Mar. 15 2009,15:26   

The more I read from the TARD mines and from the overly religious just reinforces my opinion on them.  They are incapable of any thought other than a false dichotomy.

They see the world as:

1:  Black/White

2:  Right/Wrong

3:  Good/Evil

4:  Their religions views/heresy

5:  Their god/their devil

6:  Friend/Enemy

7:  Morality (theirs)/Immorality (what others do)

8:  Us/Them

Their mindset is one of predetermined correctness.  They "know" their god's correct.  They "know" their interpretation of this god's works is accurate and binding.  They know that they are being tested with "lies and fabrications" when they are presented with a point of view, or worse yet tangible evidence, that goes against their dogma.

So, and Daniel is an expert at this, when faced with facts that perhaps their ideals are wrong, they must retreat.  As was pointed out before, to deny their current beliefs could mean great losses for them.  They fear the loss of family and friends, their children even livelihood should they openly question their group's idealized version of what is right and what is wrong.  Thing is I'll bet money that there are more than a few that are suffering in the same way.

That is why they continue to rehash old, tired, oft refuted and out dated material.  It is comforting to them.  They understand it and it is real to them.  It is their safety blanket and when the world gets too hard and offers up too many evidences that may make them re-evaluate their ideals, they crawl right back to it.

It seems that many of them could easily fall into porn, alcoholism or many more addictions.  Religion is just another way to become addicted and they like it.  Just as the junkie tries to get their friends to get hooked with them, the over religious want others to partake of their drug or addiction of choice.  Those who recognize this in themselves figure that if they didn't have Jesus they'd be a junkie, pervert or worse figure that those who don't have Jesus already are.

It is interesting the people who after finding out that I am not religious comment and wonder why I'm not some sort of a criminal.  Some of them have asked me point blank why I don't just go out and rape, murder and more as I have, in their eyes, no moral center.  I ask them if they didn't go to church if they would be.  Too many have stated they probably would be "doing something illegal" as there would be no moral guidance in their life.

UD and Daniel show me everyday just how accurate I think my view of them really is.

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