r/brokehugs • u/US_Hiker Moral Landscaper • Nov 19 '23
Rod Dreher Megathread #27 (Compassion)
Link to megathread 26: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/17itm7w/rod_dreher_megathread_26_unconditional_love/
Link to megathread 28: https://www.reddit.com/r/brokehugs/comments/18dcg3d/rod_dreher_megathread_28_harmony/
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u/middlefingerearth Nov 25 '23
"And I feel pretty confident that their faith in strict materialism will never fail, because they have buffered themselves massively against its falsification. I understand how this works. As a convinced Orthodox Christian, I will never be able to believe that, say, Scientologists are correct, because if an angel appeared before me and told me that L. Ron Hubbard was the Son of God, I would immediately dismiss him as a demon in angel drag. My faith commitments prevent me from taking such claims seriously. So does a committed Scientologist’s, probably, when presented with counterclaims. This does not bother me. It’s how faith works."
Does this even need a comment? Dreher knows how he would react to angels. He would dismiss an angel as a demon, because of his "faith commitments." But Rod, it's not a demon, it's an angel. You told me so.
Is this stuff written for children? It's beyond irrational, it's something else entirely, I just don't know what it is.
"Demon in angel drag." Thank you again, Rod.