These stories are first and foremost, not true. If it were even close to being true it would give a few more details than that. Of course they are also aimed at an audience who is predisposed towards believing in bullshit anyway. I think there are a few actually important things that you can glean from there this particular spam mail that Christians believe.
1. The likelihood of people to believe something simply because it reinforces their beliefs.
2. Demonizing the education system. This is that science or philosophy doesn't contradict their ideas, but rather it's all just some higher education conspiracy to produce atheists.
3. Violence is okay in the name of God. The villain professor is stating an opinion and the correct response is violence.
4. An endorsement of our shitty foreign policy. How in the world are soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan protecting our freedom of speech? Neither of those countries remotely threaten freedom of speech in the United States.
There sometimes is a lot more to shitty spam email than meets the eye.
1. The likelihood of people to believe something simply because it reinforces their beliefs.
2. Demonizing the education system. This is that science or philosophy doesn't contradict their ideas, but rather it's all just some higher education conspiracy to produce atheists.
3. Violence is okay in the name of God. The villain professor is stating an opinion and the correct response is violence.
4. An endorsement of our shitty foreign policy. How in the world are soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan protecting our freedom of speech? Neither of those countries remotely threaten freedom of speech in the United States.
There sometimes is a lot more to shitty spam email than meets the eye.
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