(February 22, 2016 at 4:10 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Re: cognitive dissonance. Well, yes, but why do some people resolve the dissonance by abandoning the dissonant belief, and others by compartmentalizing and building up defenses for the belief? I don't get it either, unless it's primarily a random process. Most people being aligned with resolving their dissonance by going deeper into belief, as opposed to a few who are oriented toward reconciling their beliefs with the facts. I just don't get it either.
For me, I had to be shaken free by circumstance. When you remove the support and pressure of being a member of the religious group, and take a person out of that social circle, questioning becomes easier . . . at least for some.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
