My dad is a professional evangelical - gets paid for writing books and going around debating people. I didn't realize until after I lost my faith how that approach to information was so radically different to the non-religious - not just in content but the narratives around (cont
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In the evangelical world, information is not just pure information, it's weaponry. It's impossible to look at a fact without being influenced by 'agenda' - is the fact a weapon for the evolutionary agenda? gay agenda? pro-death (abortion) agenda? In this world, you can't just-
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have 'a question' - questions are either threats against you or attacks on the opponent. Every piece of data has a moral flavor that contributes with no complications to a black and white world. Reality is partial, reality is war.
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I didn't realize this when I was in it. The moral tinge to amoral statements was impossible to avoid; this was the way the world was constructed. I was also completely blind to other people who participated outside this system. If you didn't see Reality As War, and you -
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wanted to explore anything related to my worldview, I couldn't grasp it. It wasn't possible. You were either attacking or defending, and if you insisted you weren't then that meant you were just lying so you could sneak in an attack on the down-low. Any disagreement was threat.
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This type of religious thinking isn't dying out - it's just transferring to fields of thought we don't typically title religious. Activists online, 'conflict theorists', SJWs, incels, most extremes on the political spectrum - all view Reality As War, and any discourse as battle.
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that word is too broad for it to have meaning for me without context
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