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I went to a Christian school growing up, K-12. This is very much true. (Or at least the vocal Christians, the neocons/Pentecostals) I'd also add that there's v
by rpwilcox 14y ago
I went to a Christian school growing up, K-12. This is very much true. (Or at least the vocal Christians, the neocons/Pentecostals)
I'd also add that there's very much a persecution complex going on too: they believe that the world is out to get them, as Christians.
Be that "persecution" Harry Potter "encouraging witchcraft", a fear of RPG games ("these kids pretend they're wizards and cast actual spells!") to "they took the 10 commandments down in the courtroom - more proof of an evil, Godless country..."
The more they see these things the more they cry out, "help, help we're being repressed!" and then it bounces around the echo chamber and feeeds their belief as a whole.
- btilly 14y agoYup. A feeling of persecution is very good for reinforcing a faith that believes that you are being persecuted for your faith. As another example reinforcing that is that members of missionary religions (like Jehova's Witnesses and Mormons) commonly admit that the personal value of being a missionary isn't so much that you convert anyone - on average you don't = but how much the challenges of missionary work reinforce your own faith.