I’ve found that a lot of that finds its roots in their absolutism about everything.
Humankind is absolutely wicked, god loves us endlessly, afterlife is for eternity, hell is beyond imaginable punishment, also forever, if you’ve looked at a woman you’ve already committed adultery,…
Always the thing pushed to its utmost extreme.
Leaving very little wiggle room or nuance. And I think that’s by design. These people get pushed (under threat of eternal punishment) and brainwashed to spread their ideology which is very hard because it’s batshit, so they have pre-emptively hype up their argument. Again, drive it to its formulaic extreme. Otherwise none of this gets even less of a chance to land.
Don’t forget to reject and demonize the very thing that could help break that cycle: doubt. When everything else is so absolute, doubt is complete anathema. I’ve never met a person more sure of the world and their place in it than a devout Catholic.
I’ve found that a lot of that finds its roots in their absolutism about everything.
Humankind is absolutely wicked, god loves us endlessly, afterlife is for eternity, hell is beyond imaginable punishment, also forever, if you’ve looked at a woman you’ve already committed adultery,…
Always the thing pushed to its utmost extreme.
Leaving very little wiggle room or nuance. And I think that’s by design. These people get pushed (under threat of eternal punishment) and brainwashed to spread their ideology which is very hard because it’s batshit, so they have pre-emptively hype up their argument. Again, drive it to its formulaic extreme. Otherwise none of this gets even less of a chance to land.
(Source: used to be one of em)
Don’t forget to reject and demonize the very thing that could help break that cycle: doubt. When everything else is so absolute, doubt is complete anathema. I’ve never met a person more sure of the world and their place in it than a devout Catholic.