Do Fundie Theists Have Something Wrong With Them?

[Mister Agenda]

It's only natural for people to believe what we're raised to, what everyone who matters to us believes. We're social animals who depend on each other for survival. A bias to go along with the group on matters that can't be proven one way or another probably has value in terms of getting to pass your genes along. People who were raised theist and completely abandon that are the exception, not the norm. If I had gotten married to a good Pentecostal girl out of High School instead of joining the Air Force, would I have examined my beliefs so closely, or would I have too much at stake to take that chance? We humans have a tendency to give ourselves too much credit for winding up where we are when we think it's the right spot; when we all have been shaped by events beyond our control. Fundamentalists are no more to blame for not being able to escape their paradigm than poor people are to blame when they are unable to escape poverty.