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Is this guy trying to convert me to Christianity? Am I misunderstanding his final statement where he seems to say that the only solution to subversion is faith

• tablespoon 5y ago
  > Is this guy trying to convert me to Christianity? Am I misunderstanding his final statement where he seems to say that the only solution to subversion is faith in God? Care to link that part? I'd believe it though. IIRC, disinformation techniques are meant to seize up rational judgement processes, and it makes sense that one way to defeat that is an extra-rational commitment to something. I recall a scene in the show The Americans, where the Russian agent was blackmailing a very religious woman into helping him. Going against all rational self-interest and at great personal cost, she told her superiors about what was going on allowing them to thwart the Russian's plan, because she believed that was the right thing to do. The Russian agent character grumbled that religious people are the hardest to manipulate because they don't act predictably (or something like that).
  • estaseuropano 5y ago
    A fictional TV show (even if 'based on a true story' as this one) is not the greatest source of useful anecdotes to guide your belief system, as what is shown simply reflects the beliefs of the writers rather than reality.
    • tablespoon 5y ago
      > A fictional TV show (even if 'based on a true story' as this one) is not the greatest source of useful anecdotes to guide your belief system, as what is shown simply reflects the beliefs of the writers rather than reality. Eh. I'll take fiction over lifeless facts and data any day, about the only thing better is history.