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Yes, exactly. No one is going to stop people drifting into authoritarianism by attacking their beliefs. That's because the beliefs are tangential, not the direct cause of their authoritarianism.

The real cause is abusive psychology and stressful depersonalising relationships, and the way they bond with them and come to see them as normal and necessary, while outsiders are seen as evil.

Arguing that they should stop believing in god and start believing in science and evolution instead doesn't connect with their experience in any way.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Thu Jan 10th, 2008 at 05:25:51 AM EST
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How many times does one have to repeat the rather obvious and clearly stated in my diary to you - he's NOT primarily concerned with changing the minds of religious extremists - if that happens with some that's a bonus. Try reading and paying attention to what's said - he's interested in providing food for thought for the people who haven't given religion much thought and are only nominally Christians, and for Christians with doubts, but very importantly he's concerned with providing support for atheists particularly in the US. It's not very difficult to understand, give it a try.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Thu Jan 10th, 2008 at 04:53:19 PM EST
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