--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That someone can sell a technique to help people relax > > does not automatically make them a saint. > > TurquoiseB writes: An excellent point. One of the *foundations* of > the True Believer mentality is "if this person > taught me or told me one thing that has proved > useful or true, then everything he says is useful > and true." Extrapolating from this assumption, > over time True Believers put the leader of their > mass movement up on a pedestal and tend to auto- > matically believe *everything* they say. They > start to assume that the leader has a special > "presence" that normal people don't have. The next, > and IMO most dangerous step, is when they start > to assume that anyone who doesn't feel and act the > same way, and who doesn't put the leader up on the > same pedestal that they do is "attacking" him, or > not giving him the "proper" respect that he is due. > > Read Bob's statement below with this in mind, and > I think you'll see True Believerism at its height. > Or depth, depending on your point of view. Bob's > last paragraph is True Believerism personified. >
This seems to be YOUR schtick: I've made up my mind and no amount of new evidence will ever change it and any attempt at discussion on your part is merely a sign of your inability to conclude what I have. MY schtick is: there's new evidence that supports my beliefs and here it is... To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
