The Assholes Are At It Again

[Minimalist]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...oming.html

Sorry, Evangelicals, Syria Will Not Spur the Second Coming

By Candida Moss a renowned scholar of early xtianity. And she nails some of the jesus freak assholes we have around here to a tee.

Strangely, none of these failed predictions have bankrupted the prophetic project. Seventh Day Adventist Ellen White’s failure to accurately chart the course of human destruction inspired social psychologist Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance. His book, When Prophecy Fails, showed that, when faced with incontrovertible proof that their beliefs are wrong, some people walk away from their belief systems. But others will double down. They rationalize away the facts, defend their position, and actually become more fervent.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I'm sure there's a name for this particular mental malady - your predictions don't come to pass, but you STILL insist that the mechanism whereby you arrive at the predictions is valid - but it escapes me.

You see this with all sorts of the wishful-thinking types, not just the religionists to whom the thought of Doomsday gives multiple orgasms, but also with psychics, dowsers, astrologers - the list is practically endless. You demonstrate to them time and time again that they're off their nut, yet they continue to insist in their magic powers. I have a mate who believes in astral projection, so I offered to do Sagan's book-on-a-shelf test. He accepted and got it wrong every time he tried. His excuse for the misses is that (get ready) I used the wrong book. I offer variations of the tests, he always accepts and always fails and yet continues to believe that he can astrally project himself wherever he likes.

Other than that, he's a perfectly normal fella.

Boru

[Minimalist]

I'm sure there's a name for this particular mental malady

Stupidity.

[Captain Colostomy]

I had forgotten about ol' gimpy Tamerlane's pile of heads. That would give me apocalyptic night sweats. Drone strikes? Not so much.

Deluded bastards.

[Walking Void]

I'm sure there's a name for this particular mental malady

Stupidity.

Or inordinately immature.

"No mom! I'm NOT brushing my teeth!! *throws stuff across the room*"