RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 14, 2018 at 2:49 am
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2018 at 2:56 am by Amarok.)
(July 14, 2018 at 2:32 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:Yes yes it is(July 14, 2018 at 2:26 am)Tizheruk Wrote: Of course don't because it would mean admitting i'm right and yes it totally follows but again you would have to admit i'm right .
Nope that’s not it.
(July 14, 2018 at 2:44 am)Astreja Wrote:But i argue there has to be something more structural and inherent to the philosophy for the abuse to succeed and something about the ideology that attracts such people in first place or even gives them an inkling their plot will not be rejected or countered .(July 14, 2018 at 2:21 am)Tizheruk Wrote: It can if the plan attracts unsavory people who cause it to fail
Yes it does it as you must ask why your philosophy is so ripe for abuse and why it attracts abusers in the first place
If I might contribute my $0.02 CDN, a part of the problem comes from a sense of exclusivity, an "us versus them" mentality. Whenever a group sees non-members as a problem to be solved, the group concentrates its resources to try to achieve that goal. This creates a nexus of power that could be used beneficially, but all too often someone is attracted to the power and then proceeds to abuse it. This can happen in any group, any philosophy, but IMO a sense of mission and urgency makes it easier to exploit and misdirect the group.
But all you have said does play a role i'm sure it just isn't the central driver of the abuse .
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