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fucktoyprincess -> RE: My Foray Into Conservative Anglicanism (5/7/2012 1:35:04 PM)
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There may be another way of looking at blogs/forums like the one in the OP.
The amount of moderation and the ruthless policing and suppression of dissent can be seen as pretty direct indicators of the levels of insecurities and doubts the 'faithful' may feel about their belief system. (This observation applies across the board, it's not aimed at any belief system in particular.)
Best not to tell them though .... it's one guaranteed way of getting banned! [:D]
Interestingly, in my own observations of people who I know, it is those who have doubts about their belief system (whatever their believes might be) who are more willing to engage in introspection, self-questioning and dialogue. I find the one who are much more difficult to deal with the ones who are dogmatic about their beliefs because they feel so assured that they are in the right - a kind of "leap of faith" approach - where they do not question their faith at all, and firmly believe that others are wrong, even when faced with evidence of the contrary. In my experience, it is the ones who seem to lack the insecurities and doubts who seem most dangerous to me. I would place most fundamentalists (of whatever stripe), in that category.
I think we are pretty much talking about the same people. The fundamentalists/people who are dogmatic about their own belief systems are the ones who, in my experience, tend to moderate and police dissent on forums and websites. They're in denial about their own doubts and they way they resolve those doubts is eliminate any evidence that brings those doubts to the foreground.
Those people who are relaxed and confident about their belief systems, those who are willing to admit the possibility that they might be wrong don't feel the need to censor things
Oops, sorry. Looks like I misinterpreted your first post. Thanks for clarifying. Yes, agreed, the relaxed folks definitely feel less need to censor. [:)]
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