Think like a Fundy

[HawkerHurricane]

http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/fundy.html

[BiggJawn]

1. I KNOW that's supposed to be satire, but....

The Fundies actually DO think and debate like that.

"So, maybe Winnie-the-Pooh could have a religion all about him in 2000 years?"

"BLASPHEMER! HOW *DARE* YOU? HOW CAN YOU *EVEN* COMPARE A MADE-UP STORY LIKE POOH WITH THE HOLY *WORD* OF *GAWD*?!?!?!?" **

Yep, they LOVE reasonable debate...

** I've actually been told variations of that by some of the "progressives" who used to hang out on this board...

[Az]

3. They do think they are being reasonable

They just start from different premises. It makes all the difference in the world.

I like to think of it as if there are a miriad of mazes (think mandlebrot fractal scale). And a person can become lost within that maze. There are entire universes of possibilities within them. Trouble is they may not lead to the truth.

But within the construct of that maze everything makes sense. It makes so much sense that simple evidence offered by other claimants of reason may be dismissed because it does not rise to the level to dismiss the sense of their percieved universe. They will try to account for the evidence. But until they find a way they will procede as if it should not affect their view. They have faith there is an explanation.

Most mazes don't have exits. But some even lose their entrance. They lift off entirely from reality. None the less everything seems to make sense and be reasonable to those within them.

The trick is finding something that ties them back to the entrance. Like throwing a spool of thread into the maze with them. You need to find a way to connect with them to find common ground.



If its something you want to do.

[geniph]

2. LOL!

I loved this bit:

This is the sort of level of incoherent drooling you should be aiming for.

You should combine a flimsy grasp of the English language with your own distinctive writing style. The following are quite fashionable at the moment:

* writing everything in lower case without any punctuation at all this can be quite difficult to read but is very easy to type which is a bonus dont you think
* ALTERNATIVELY, WRITE EVERYTHING IN CAPS. THIS MAKES YOUR IMPORTANT MESSAGE STAND OUT AND PEOPLE WILL TAKE NOTICE OF IT AND REALISE THAT YOU REALLY MEAN IT.
* short, disjointed.....sentences separated by long......strings of dots.....this makes you look quite.....thoughtful as if you are......pausing every now and......then.
* Overuse of exclamation marks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can emphasise the point you are trying to make!!!!!!!!!!!! Question marks also work well, don't they???????????????????????????
* Show ur mastery of the Internet by using words like "u" instead of "you", "2" instead of "to" and "too", "ur" instead of "your" and "you're", and u 2 can spread the gospel 2 other kewl d00dz.


Wow! This is HUGH! This is really series!!!1111!!!!!! Dont U think so 2?!

[Sin]

5. That will make me

feel quite dirty all over when I use leet speak in mmpogs.
I'm going to go scrub my mind now. :(

[opiate69]

4. I don't like thinking like them...

gives me unfathomable headaches.

[NMMNG]

6. Think like a fundie?

But fundamentalism stops a thinking mind :dunce:.