(December 2, 2014 at 4:01 pm)robvalue Wrote: Indoctrination is a sad thing to behold. Adults forever stuck in the mindset of a child who needs to be constantly told what to do by an authority figure. Needing things to be very simple and black and white to avoid having to think very hard about reality, or how to be a decent person.
I once had a conservative Christian Republican friend. Some of his more disturbing moments was where he seemed to earnestly yearn for a fascist dictatorship. His favorite strong-man was Rudy Giuliani. It wouldn't have shocked me if I'd discovered a shrine to Rudy Giuliani in his apartment. Other people like this guy will pick other strong man types but the theme on which these variations play is the same.
This mind set really seems to want to find some strong man type to rally around, someone they're convinced will lead them to glory if they just salute and do and say what they're told. They also need a devil as well, a "Goldstein" (1984 reference) to direct intense and irrational hate (or several of them), some who's always to blame for all their problems. Finally, they seem to need a group of demonized people they can always feel superior to, no matter how low on the totem pole they may be.
He's not alone, I'm sad to say. There are more people like him in America than most of us would like to admit. I'd estimate they represent a solid third of the voting bloc, if not frighteningly close to half.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist