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[cjsmith]

One-True-Way-ism bugs me. It bugs me a lot.

This is in itself a form of OTWism, so it bugs me, too.

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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

If you exist right now on your one true path, why then does the existence of another path, not your own, distract you?

Because they won't leave me the hell alone to pursue my path.

After all, you do have a really big bible belt in that thar country, don't ya?

Oh my yes -- and the OTWism is just as thick here in the San Francisco Bay Area where the most vehement are absolutely sure that they don't think and act anything like fundies.

Even me, prob'ly.

[airporter.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. By entertaining the arguments of others, if only to attempt conversion, you are inhereently not acting like a fundie.

Devout? Perhaps.

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

Feh. We fundies entertain arguments all the time! We just win 'em, is all.

Perception issue

[airporter.livejournal.com]

For fundies: is actual winning as important as the perception of same?

'Cause it doesn't look to me like you're winning all that much these last years. There've been a few or a lot of claimed victories, but nobody (in general) seems much happier, healthier, or wiser. Or safer FWIW.

Shouldn't the One True Way (TM) provide a measure of happiness? What are you fundies doing to fix that, anyway?