[ExI] Sunday Creationist

[SR Ballard]

I don’t know how you don’t feel bad for someone who is so confused... it’s straight up indoctrination. It’s the same mechanism that cults and all radical groups. It’s coercive pressure. 

SR Ballard

> On Jul 23, 2019, at 3:10 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:24 PM SR Ballard <sen.otaku at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > What I think gets lost in the discussion is that for many young earth creationists, this is seen as a salvation issue. They see themselves mocked for trying to save people from what they believe is an inescapable, indescribable, eternal torture. Imagine yourself is you had such a conviction. Wouldn’t you act in a similar way out of desperation to warn people? I grew up around many such people and I sympathize.
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> I don't sympathize at all because explaining why somebody is barbaric and idiotic does not make them one bit less barbaric and idiotic.
> 
>  John K Clark
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