The Most Hated Family in America

[mindless_moder]

Ok, but still, her parents would be happy about her being in eternal agony.

meh. what i thought was really weird was how the pastor is supposed to have all this "scriptural" knowledge and yet he makes all these baseless statements without so much as quoting a book or even a chapter.

 

[phantomdesign]

"Yo gunna each yo babies!"

"Not a chance, poopy pants"

 

[phantomdesign]

hmm, the weird thing, is that that one girl who went to college actually sounded somewhat intelligent, just with insane morals and ideas.

Admitting to question one's beliefs in such a closed-minded environment makes life so much more difficult. Usually you'll be...

(1) be overwhelmed by people trying to show you "the error of your ways"
(2) considered stupid/ignorant/sinful/weak by the community
(3) be ostracized and shunned
(4) never be able to return or only return under severe penalties.

To a much lesser extent, this is even true of most normal churches, but to leave a community like that? You need to be 200% sure because there's no going back and your entire life up to that point becomes a waste.

P.S. Remember where they were talking about family members that left? It sounded like they were talking about people that died.

 

[phantomdesign]

Dumb people believe dumb things because they're dumb. Smart people believe dumb things because they're good at rationalizing them.

I don't think extremists like this are dumb people, which makes them all the more dangerous.

This is so true.

I think the true sign of a close minded perspective is (1) the incapacity or fear of questioning a belief and (2) shunning all those of opposing viewpoint, regardless of reasoning.

 

[brink's]

This Louis guy is quite funny, ive watched several of his documentaries since seeing this one. He's calm but condescending in an oblivious and.....respectful way( makes no sense i know)

Funny quote

"The Evangelicals made it very clear that if i continued to live the way i am then im going to straight to hell... but at least i'll get to smoke pot and go to gay bars.