Internal Flaws of Fundamentalism

[jamesq]

An interesting blog I read about fundamentalism, and the problems it's having retaining people.

http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/002609.html

Short version:

"Christian fundamentalism has three great enemies in the struggle to retain its children, judging by the stories its apostates tell: weaknesses in its own teachings, science, and hypocrisy."

All of which say that when reality goes up against mythology, reality generally wins.

Comments

[shunn.livejournal.com]

Jesus, I hope so, because it sure looks to me like reality is losing.

[jamesq]

Just because I think the bear can beat the pitbull, doesn't mean I want to be caught between them.

[shunn.livejournal.com]

That's a great way of putting it!

There's One Other Problem...

[http://users.livejournal.com/-grog-/]

The dogma of scripture tends to result in an amazing number of "facts don't matter" arguments. They wind up arguing the earth is flat, even when there is a mountain of rational evidence to the contrary.

Re: There's One Other Problem...

[jamesq]

Or, as the original article says, "Who are you going to believe - me or your lying eyes".