yoel-
I agree with most of what you say. But... some people, a lot af people,
don't mind stupidity or ignorance or arrogance. They are very comfortable
with it. Some revel in it. Some wouldn't live their lives any other way.
My motto is "I am not a missionary". There is little I can do to convince
anyone to change their minds. All I can do is put out alternative
information and hope that eventually the duped may find the thread and
follow it, therby pulling themselves out of the darkness they are in. Not
into my "light" which is personal and subjective- just into a less harmful
and cruel -ism than, say- Christianity. Or- preferably into a faithless
managing of their own lives and into a process of formation of their own
constructive, individual UNuniversal life scheme- their own plot of
"heaven" on this planet. People have to start thinking for themselves.
Neither Farell Till nor you nor I nor anyone can do their thinking for
people entrenched in religion. They have already found someone to do their
thinking for them. My experience when I worked in deproigramming was this:
The deprogrammed usually want something else to replace their discarded
faith. They feel uncomfortable making decisions on their own. When I worked
in Israel, I would try to integrate the deprogrammed into an orthodox
Jewish setting which, I thought was less detrimental. Ususally the convert
integrated himself just fine. But rarely did I encounter an individual who
said "Boy, was I an idiot. I'll never trust any guru again without
thoroughly and skeptically investigating their claims."
I would definitely agree with you about children. Many Christians have dug
the hole they are in. They accepted their particular story, submitted to
the requests of their chosen book, got married to someone equually as
entenched in the fog of religion as they themselves were, have
indoctrinated their children into their chosen lies... their entire social
support structure is based on their acceptence of this lie. Such people
have a lot invested in keeping the lie alive.
yoel
Hide, witch hide!
The good folk come to burn thee
Their keen enjoyment hid behind a gothic mask of duty.
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