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A Rant About the Man in Charge
Hemant Mehta (friendlyatheist.com, patreon.com/Hemant , facebook.com/friendlyatheist)
I wanted to get something off my chest. It's really been bothering me for a while now, especially over the past couple of months.
Because it's so weird to feel like you know something that so many people are wrong about.
It's frustrating when you feel like you studied, and you have so much information, and you made an educated decision... and the low information, highly gullible people seem to be as strong as ever.
Some people, it seems, just live in a bubble and they don't want to hear information that may contradict what they already believe.
We can point out all the ways they're delusional.
The obvious hypocrisy.
The never-ending stream of lies.
The misogyny.
The cult of personality.
The ridiculous things they wear on their heads.
The accusations of sexual assault.
The inability to see where their money is going.
The way the guy on stage seems to put his kids in charge of everything.
This wacky idea that if you just put your trust in one person then He alone can make your life great again.
How they seem to believe whatever they read even if the source isn't worth trusting.
How just because thousands of people are shouting His name doesn't mean they're right.
How certain groups of people claim to be persecuted even though they're the ones in power.
And for a lot of people, none of this will make one damn bit of difference.
They'll say we focus too much on reason, but we don't understand emotion.
They say we take things too literally when we should be looking at the overall ideas.
They say we don't inspire them.
They will find plenty of absurd reasons for dismissing us.
They'll say we're smug, arrogant, elite.
They have apologists ready to rationalize any criticism of their ideas.
They say we live in cities and ivory towers, but we don't understand what "real" America is all about.
They say that being around people like themselves is the only way they can be honest about their views.
They'll say we don't get that there are still a lot more of them then there are of us, and we can't just write them off.
Sure, the demographic shifts in our country suggest everything is going our way, but every now and then you get a healthy dose of reality
But here's the thing. There are people out there who know deep down that their side is wrong on the most important issues.
They know their side is even harmful on issues like science, LGBT rights, sex education, church/state separation. They know they're not really being persecuted by the other side. But they can't bear to break away. They just fall in line.
If there's one thing we've learned recently, it's that being open about where you stand is important but it's not enough. That's just step one.
We have to find a way to reach out to those people on the other side who know deep down in their hearts they're with us and we have to help them come over.
But enough about Christianity.
What, who'd you think I was talking about?
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A Rant About the Man in Charge
Hemant Mehta (friendlyatheist.com, patreon.com/Hemant , facebook.com/friendlyatheist)
I wanted to get something off my chest. It's really been bothering me for a while now, especially over the past couple of months.
Because it's so weird to feel like you know something that so many people are wrong about.
It's frustrating when you feel like you studied, and you have so much information, and you made an educated decision... and the low information, highly gullible people seem to be as strong as ever.
Some people, it seems, just live in a bubble and they don't want to hear information that may contradict what they already believe.
We can point out all the ways they're delusional.
The obvious hypocrisy.
The never-ending stream of lies.
The misogyny.
The cult of personality.
The ridiculous things they wear on their heads.
The accusations of sexual assault.
The inability to see where their money is going.
The way the guy on stage seems to put his kids in charge of everything.
This wacky idea that if you just put your trust in one person then He alone can make your life great again.
How they seem to believe whatever they read even if the source isn't worth trusting.
How just because thousands of people are shouting His name doesn't mean they're right.
How certain groups of people claim to be persecuted even though they're the ones in power.
And for a lot of people, none of this will make one damn bit of difference.
They'll say we focus too much on reason, but we don't understand emotion.
They say we take things too literally when we should be looking at the overall ideas.
They say we don't inspire them.
They will find plenty of absurd reasons for dismissing us.
They'll say we're smug, arrogant, elite.
They have apologists ready to rationalize any criticism of their ideas.
They say we live in cities and ivory towers, but we don't understand what "real" America is all about.
They say that being around people like themselves is the only way they can be honest about their views.
They'll say we don't get that there are still a lot more of them then there are of us, and we can't just write them off.
Sure, the demographic shifts in our country suggest everything is going our way, but every now and then you get a healthy dose of reality
But here's the thing. There are people out there who know deep down that their side is wrong on the most important issues.
They know their side is even harmful on issues like science, LGBT rights, sex education, church/state separation. They know they're not really being persecuted by the other side. But they can't bear to break away. They just fall in line.
If there's one thing we've learned recently, it's that being open about where you stand is important but it's not enough. That's just step one.
We have to find a way to reach out to those people on the other side who know deep down in their hearts they're with us and we have to help them come over.
But enough about Christianity.
What, who'd you think I was talking about?
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youtube.com/watch?v=EQ50omyWziE&list=PLZGLqPtxUOKEZxzukuev1YpLUQp-CtKDq&index=128
78 Questions for Christians
youtube.com/watch?v=SI-_FJuTPns&index=138&list=PLZGLqPtxUOKEZxzukuev1YpLUQp-CtKDq
4 Creative Ways to Deal with Preachers.
youtube.com/watch?v=u3kHcV36dak&index=133&list=PLZGLqPtxUOKEZxzukuev1YpLUQp-CtKDq
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