Monday, May 05, 2003

I just watched The Believer. You should watch it too.

The scariest kinds of people are not those who know what they are talking about. They are not those who are the most convicted. They are not those who take action instead of sitting around complaining like everyone who owns a copy of Adbusters (myself included) The scariest kinds of people are those who do not know what they are talking about, but are so convicted and assured that they are correct that they act out according to these beliefs.

I don't care about those who have no beliefs. They will never accomplish anything.
I don't care about those who have fruitless beliefs. If no action is taken, it would be better to not even believe.
I care about those who are mislead, but could never be told otherwise.

Take the average Christian. Then question him. "What about the problem of evil? What about conflicting scriptures? Why?" 9 out of 10 will respond with something similar to, "I don't know. I'm not sure. And just because." The average Christian, though his/her whole life is supposedly based on his/her beliefs, has no clue why he/she believes ANY of it.

Then take the average Neo-Nazi. Question him. "How can you believe what you believe? What about morals? Why?" 9 out of 10 will respond with something similar to, "Would you like to read the many articles I have written? You might want to sit down...this could take a while to explain because it is a very complex issue and I want you to fully understand every aspect of my viewpoints.

Eh...whatever...I'm gonna go watch some TV and believe everything I hear...just because.

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