tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post6468104592110154638..comments2024-03-03T04:40:39.492-05:00Comments on Fire Megan McArdle: First I go "Ick!" then I go "YOU IDIOT!"bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907349163323395529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-31390028167115014262008-08-28T14:00:00.000-04:002008-08-28T14:00:00.000-04:00I think, as a gay man who grew up Southern Baptist...I think, as a gay man who grew up Southern Baptist (and is now a Deist), I'm in a special position to say "Megan, you're a moron" in regards to pretty much all her "points" here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-87925337363671682402008-08-28T09:21:00.000-04:002008-08-28T09:21:00.000-04:00"In modern America, it's relatively easy to exit a..."In modern America, it's relatively easy to exit a religious community"<BR/><BR/>Holy shit, how long is this woman going to get away with constantly writing completely ignorant garbage like this? Is there any subject she knows absolutely nothing about that she won't broach? <BR/><BR/>Actually, Megs, there have been volumes of books written by people who have exited religious communities about how lonely, confused, emotionally fractured, and completely ill-equipped they are on dealing with life in the larger world. There are a number of reasons why anabaptists like the Amish have something like a 95% retention rate. It's true that most people who join demanding minority religions as adults leave within under a year, but that's because they haven't devoted substantial portions of their lives to it, still have ties outside of it, and haven't been deliberately denied an education to keep them subordinate to it.<BR/><BR/>But hey, that's outside of McA's personal little sphere of worldly sophistication, so it must not be important or even exist at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048715035467766557.post-65619235436289571152008-08-28T08:13:00.000-04:002008-08-28T08:13:00.000-04:00People who have decided to do anything so far outs...<I>People who have decided to do anything so far outside of the mainstream are people who a) have a powerful preference and b) have satisfied that preference. The mainstream, on the other hand, contains all the people who have extreme preferences, but not the willpower to buck convention and satisfy them.</I><BR/><BR/>Wow, she sure does give away quite a bit about how she sees herself here.spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01770056727940292951noreply@blogger.com