RE: Why people remain in cultlike religious communities
April 1, 2022 at 2:15 pm
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2022 at 2:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Apparently, what we believe matters at least enough to shun you. Your friend isn't book dumb, and he doesn't strike me as emotionally intelligent (at least in this telling). He's not suffering from any grand or complicated malaise about his inability to change the world. He just doesn't see you right in front of him. Do you matter? But...do you really matter?
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