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Originally Posted by friendly hardline atheist
Hi Mycernius,
What I have noticed in a couple of fundies is the great fear of 'If Genesis is not true as it is written, then what about the rest?'. An old earth, evolution and several other things are seen as the first small movement on a slippery slope. Even the smallest concession to reality is dreaded as the first step towards total loss of faith. So no in betweens, not even half an inch. Much more comfortable to stay in that simple mode of thinking where you know what is true and what isn't and to block out anything else.
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Yet millions of Christians happily accept the age of the earth, evolution and all the so called "atheist agenda" as compatable with their beliefs.
I sometimes wonder if it is somewhere is the same realm as an addiction rather than a slippery slope towards non-belief. Think about it, if you threaten to take away an addicts drugs, would they let you? They are so dependant on the drug that they cannot even see they have a problem, same when you confront a fundie. Show them all the evidence that it is doing them harm, yet they will not give the drug up either by denying what you present or by compartmentalising it, same with fundies.
Now I am no psychologist, although I did do an A level course on the subject once, but doesn't make me an expert, but when you hear hardened addicts coming off drugs often I will hear God helped me. Almost as if one addiction has been swapped for another. So is the fear a lose of control over their lives?