(June 25, 2013 at 12:05 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: To a certain extent, maybe. But he's here and being faced with evidence to the contrary, and instead of actually looking at evidence to find the truth, he sticks his fingers in his ears and ignores anything which contradicts his religion. It's one thing to be brainwashed from birth, it's another thing to stay willfully ignorant.
He's obviously hardcore into this shit. If he really does get intellectually honest with himself, mull over the facts, and deconverts his entire world is going to fall apart.
That possibility probably terrifies him so he's fighting like his life depends on it.
Some people are just too far gone.
Most of my family is like this. It makes me angry at religion, but it just makes me feel sad for them.
Everything I needed to know about life I learned on Dagobah.