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minus-squarethe_joeba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThat problem is the same I’ve faced talking to people. They distrust science and anything that disagrees with what they have been told by trusted people in their tribes (often church). That’s what makes this message effective.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoThat’s the whole schtick with faith: it’s belief without evidence, by definition. Anyone prepared to have faith in anything is ripe for exploitation, by anyone. Churchies self-select for exploitation.
That problem is the same I’ve faced talking to people. They distrust science and anything that disagrees with what they have been told by trusted people in their tribes (often church). That’s what makes this message effective.
That’s the whole schtick with faith: it’s belief without evidence, by definition.
Anyone prepared to have faith in anything is ripe for exploitation, by anyone.
Churchies self-select for exploitation.