Reply #49: We can't [View All]

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Unless we take them literally. And that will always be the problem. These people are emotionally geared, without any kind of logic function in their brains. A large portion of them are illiterate or at least unable to think in the same terms as better educated people. That is not said to denigrate them--it is simply pointing out that some people are not eager to learn more, and have no patience for it at all.

Many of them have accepted their lot in life, and are resigned to it. They face a reality that many of us will never see, and they can not equate education with a better way to live. Many of them have been kicked down or pushed down, and most of them prefer to live as martyrs without too much complaining. They view the martyrdom of Jesus Christ as a very personal story, and a very real one. They can not take metaphor or allusion as the literary tools that they are. Instead that kind of literary device goes right over their heads.

They have been put into a position where they can not question the propaganda they have been fed, because they aren't able to distinguish facts from fairytales. They think, "it's on Fox TV, so it has to be true." Critical thinking is not something they're familiar with.

Some of these people might actually be good people. They've been suckered into a system with which they have never dealt before and are incapable of changing their choices. It won't be until the truth reaches them at some other level that they will realize that they have been completely snookered, and then they will not admit it, because their pride will keep them from that admission.