Author Jon Ward details how he left his evangelical church, his growing alarm over how some Christian conservatives have attacked truth, and what it would take for White evangelicals to abandon Donald Trump.
And if you have the conversational acumen and feel safe doing so, giving them a safe space to dialog and ask questions in good faith can be a good place to start.
The interviewee basically said that he was able to get out once he was able to do that, which is huge, because Fundamentalism often disparages asking questions.
giving them a safe space to dialog and ask questions in good faith can be a good place to start.
That’s the rub, though, isn’t it? Too many of them simply aren’t prepared to discuss such things in good faith. They often approach any discussion with an outsider defensively. Getting them to let their guard down long enough to have an honest conversation isn’t always as simple as giving them the space to do so. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
I predict it’ll require brain surgery.
Pretty much. They need legitimate cult deprogramming.
And if you have the conversational acumen and feel safe doing so, giving them a safe space to dialog and ask questions in good faith can be a good place to start.
The interviewee basically said that he was able to get out once he was able to do that, which is huge, because Fundamentalism often disparages asking questions.
That’s the rub, though, isn’t it? Too many of them simply aren’t prepared to discuss such things in good faith. They often approach any discussion with an outsider defensively. Getting them to let their guard down long enough to have an honest conversation isn’t always as simple as giving them the space to do so. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
It certainly is the rub. It’s not something I’d undertake with just any random fundie. I’d have to know them and what kind of person they are, first.
I suppose you might say it’s about leveraging relational equity to have a dialogue.
Cast them into the sea. Give them one of those olde tyme punishments from the good book.