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In reply to the discussion: Have any of your relatives played the Jesus card on you? [View all]Permanut
(5,598 posts)12. Family is infested with "True Believers"..
From Part 3, section 54 of The True Believer, by Eric Hofer, 1951:
"The readiness for self-sacrifice is contingent on an imperviousness to the realities of life. ...For self-sacrifice is an unreasonable act. ...All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. ...by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. ...To rely on the evidence of senses and of reason is heresy and treason. It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs."
He calls them True Believers; I'm not sure how different that is from fanaticism or cult behavior, although some cults seem less bent on cramming their beliefs down our throats.
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Anytime these types say they are praying for you and nothing is wrong with you they are dissing you
lunasun
May 2017
#3
I truly believe a desire to be the only privileged race is what drives most of these Trumplodytes
Goodheart
May 2017
#11
Let's see... The last person I know who spoke of Jesus and didn't reek of textbook hypocrisy...
ck4829
May 2017
#9
The next time your nephew tries to repeat his lies, quote not only the commandments, but also
Vogon_Glory
May 2017
#15
The next time some deluded self-styled Christian claims that Donnie is righteous
Vogon_Glory
May 2017
#21
Ain't it? Wish more people would see through them & not give them a reverenced pass
lunasun
May 2017
#32
I just tell them that Jeebus is make believe, and that their religion is based entirely
stopbush
May 2017
#25