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minus-square grte ( @grte@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink32•edit-21 year agoA lot of these pastors have to be looking at their steadily declining congregations and thinking maybe it’s not the kids who are wrong, after all.
minus-square TooSoon ( @TooSoon@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink11•1 year agoThat requires at least a mediocre amount of critical thinking skills and those are taboo in religious organizations, so doubt it.
minus-square dark_stang ( @dark_stang@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoTheir god told them to hate (/s). Coming back from that means admitting they’re wrong. Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug.
A lot of these pastors have to be looking at their steadily declining congregations and thinking maybe it’s not the kids who are wrong, after all.
That requires at least a mediocre amount of critical thinking skills and those are taboo in religious organizations, so doubt it.
Their god told them to hate (/s). Coming back from that means admitting they’re wrong. Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug.