[ExI] Do you have a secret family pass phrase?

[efc at disroot.org]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat wrote:

> On 27/12/2024 14:45, efc at disroot.org wrote:
>> The mormons often seem more afraid of me, than I of them, when we 
>> start to discuss philosophy and they soon tire of the conversation. ��
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> I've had a similar experience with Jehovah's Witnesses. It's odd that 
> the god squad seem most reluctant to talk to people who seem to actually 
> know something about religion! It's like mathematicians being leery of 
> anyone who shows any knowledge of maths.
>
> This may be my cynicism showing, but I suspect that it's because they 
> are more interested in compliance with their particular viewpoint than 
> understanding. If you want to understand things, you're obviously not 
> good convert material!

I agree. It's about the business and not the learning experience for them. 
They build business by getting more converts, not by wasting time arguing 
philosophy with some random crazy guy who seems to know a thing or two.

> I think it was Luther who said that reason is the enemy of faith. Seems 
> he was right.
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