I guess I am kinda defensive because of the lunatics surrounding me. I don't force my views upon them, but they do try to force theirs upon me. When they do, I just start asking them a million and one logical questions that they can't answer, and then give up.
One day my Aunt, who is a member of a Christian "super church", asked me how I knew about evolution etc, to which I replied that I have learned about it from reading books. She then fired back that I "shouldn't believe everything I read." This coming from someone who claims to read and believe the new testament. Since these are the kind of people I deal with, I find it exhausting to even consider trying to make them think scientifically, and convert them from their irrationality, to free thought and careful examination of evidence. It's just pointless... don't you think?
One day my Aunt, who is a member of a Christian "super church", asked me how I knew about evolution etc, to which I replied that I have learned about it from reading books. She then fired back that I "shouldn't believe everything I read." This coming from someone who claims to read and believe the new testament. Since these are the kind of people I deal with, I find it exhausting to even consider trying to make them think scientifically, and convert them from their irrationality, to free thought and careful examination of evidence. It's just pointless... don't you think?
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