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Originally Posted by Lamplighter
After years of service, doing the right things and believing the right way
for both survival and career advancement, the belief systems become rigid and self-reinforcing.
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This is perceptive and depressing when you think of all the retired military diffusing out into the population.
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Originally Posted by Flint
Stand up and speak out against religion and all its evils.
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Everyone above me in my work organization belongs to one religious organization or another.
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Originally Posted by footfootfoot
He was training pilots in other countries and told me the Thai made horrible pilots because of their Buddhist backgrounds. You can't really make a killing machine out of them.
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Some belief systems can help people resist brain-washing, so I won't condemn all religion as flint might. There used to be moderate voices across religions in this country but their very reasonableness is used against them by true-believers.