I think you are on to something here. Because I also know some evangelicals and while we disagree on a lot most of them are wonderful people. But I do notice certain strains of thought, mostly coming from their style of apologetics which is much like the Bible study stuff, that is disturbing.
Politics in the US is more divided in the media than I think it is in 'real life'. But still - there is something in the zeitgeist (?) that I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps I'm being the worst of generalizers by just blaming evangelical thought, but where IS it coming from? Maybe all generations bemoan the lack of thinking skills. But maybe it's worse because of mass education everyone *thinks* they're as smart as everyone else... I dunno.
I'm just a cranky bitch who tires of annoying cousins (who I once thought were fantastic!) who keep throwing out the worst of logic and arguments and uses text-speak to send 5 paragraph emails. GAH.
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Date: 2010-07-08 07:52 pm (UTC)Politics in the US is more divided in the media than I think it is in 'real life'. But still - there is something in the zeitgeist (?) that I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps I'm being the worst of generalizers by just blaming evangelical thought, but where IS it coming from? Maybe all generations bemoan the lack of thinking skills. But maybe it's worse because of mass education everyone *thinks* they're as smart as everyone else... I dunno.
I'm just a cranky bitch who tires of annoying cousins (who I once thought were fantastic!) who keep throwing out the worst of logic and arguments and uses text-speak to send 5 paragraph emails. GAH.