Let me make a reductionist argument here: Do these people teach their children reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic? If they do, all other defects (as you see the

Let me make a reductionist argument here: Do these people teach their children reading, 'riting, and 'rithmatic? If they do, all other defects (as you see them) can be remedied in the future. The simple demonstrable fact that the public schools in the US are often bad if not hopeless (e.g. no phonics) at even those modest goals is enough for me to support even snake handling Pentecostals. Not able to read == no future intellectual life absent, let me put it, a "miracle".