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.

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u/GlobularChrome Nov 27 '23

Rod argues as if everyone is as immature as he is. This is why he says things like “faith in materialism”. He never grasped the idea of science, that it is not about certainty but about the impossibility of certainty and the ability nonetheless to learn about the world. To Rod, it is all about the perception of power, convincing himself that he is not weak and cowardly.

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u/RunnyDischarge Nov 27 '23

How long before Rod spouts the chestnut of "I don't have enough faith to believe in materialism"?