http://de-conversion.com/2012/10/25/built-in-irrationality/ Resources for skeptical, de-converting, or former Christians...... Mon, 20 May 2013 05:29:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://de-conversion.com/2012/10/25/built-in-irrationality/#comment-56833 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:04:29 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3878#comment-56833 Freeze pipes: And just what is your opinion worth? Nothing.
You didn’t back it up with a single thought, example, piece of data, or bit of philosophy. You just opened up your pore and spewed an unconsidered, worthless opinion.
In case you hadn’t noticed, this isn’t Facebook or some other site where you’re encouraged to just post stupidity, opinions, and bias. Back up what you have to say or don’t bother to spew.
So now to give just a little thought to what you said: do you really think that if your early group identity is a fundamentalist group of terrorists (e.g., Taliban) that you shouldn’t decouple? What if you were born into something like the “Manson family”?
OK, there’s just a tiny bit of thought for you. Try working with it.

]]> http://de-conversion.com/2012/10/25/built-in-irrationality/#comment-56829 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:30:42 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3878#comment-56829 I believe that we should never decouple from our early group identities.

]]> http://de-conversion.com/2012/10/25/built-in-irrationality/#comment-56735 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:45:32 +0000 http://de-conversion.com/?p=3878#comment-56735 It was a little over my head, but I think he’s saying that our group attachments stimulate us to use our intellect to justify the group’s beliefs. I think that’s true of belonging to the church, or the Christian community at large. It’s a stretch, and often a tear, to step away from your group. So intellect is used to stay in the group at all costs.

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