Disclaimer: This thread's intention is not to criticize people's views of science, but the idea of spirituality and religious euphoria.
I've been browsing a couple of non-alt right forums lately, and there was a pattern I kept noticing. Whenever I see a staunchly Liberal or Conservative post, I never assume these people are stupid or bad at life, but their view of the world has been corrupted by having a lot of "faith".
What do I mean by this? Think of faith as meaning, you want to believe in something so hard, you seek explanations that cannot be explained in human terms.
For example, I browsed a popular game forum that got really upset at the Race & IQ discussion to the point that they banned all future traces of it. Anyone on the Alt-right will obviously object to this, since John P Rushton or Jared Taylor have famously brought the conversation to the masses, but even the toughest critics couldn't debunk their research.
So why is it an issue? Because saying humans are inferior to one another makes you a bad person, regardless if it's true.
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/and-this-is-why-i-think-the-politics-forum-is-no-longer-on-gaf.1627144/post-265328729
There are a few people around who really minced my meat on that forum who are great buds now, not saying you're one of them i don't remember any of their names really, but yeah it's always good to hear people say "i realised for myself that it was all bs"
Aite lol I've given enough opinions on this stuff
Again, I never assume these people to be "dumb" or "brainwashed" by default, but there's definitely a certain flaw in humanity where convincing yourself that supernatural phenomenon is more important then admitting certain scientific facts we can see on Earth.
Or here's another blatant example. I read a story about an Austrian Catholic who after refusing the Hitler oath, accepted the death penalty and was beheaded. Your first reaction might be "omg, that's so horrible" but when you actually read the reason for why he chose death, it's beyond absurd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reinisch#Decision_of_conscience
On 12 September 1941, Reinisch received the call-up to join the Wehrmacht. By this time he was convinced that Hitler was the personification of the Antichrist, and argued against taking the oath of allegiance to Hitler, even though refusing it would bring severe consequences. Although many tried to convince him otherwise, Father Joseph Kentenich, who by this time was in concentration camp at Dachau, strengthened him in his resolve. He often prayed before the image of Mary at the Shrine of Schoenstatt: "Dear Mother Thrice Admirable, let me live as an ardent Schoenstatt apostle and die!" On Easter Tuesday, 1942 he was ordered into the armed forces. During this time of prayer he resolved not to take the oath of allegiance. In a visit to Innsbruck, he told his parents of his decision.
On 15 April 1942, Reinisch arrived a day later than ordered in the barracks in Bad Kissingen and immediately declared his refusal to swear the oath of allegiance to Hitler. He publicly noted that he would swear allegiance to the German people but not Adolf Hitler.[3] He was arrested and brought before a court martial, charged with undermining military morale.[4] His trial dragged on, so he was brought in May to the Berlin-Tegel prison, where the prison chaplain denied him communion for failing to perform his duty. In August he was moved to Brandenburg in Berlin, where he would be sentenced. In prison he wrote the poem "You're the Great People", as a dirge in anticipation of a death sentence. On 20 August 1942 the death sentence was read aloud at 20:00 by the public prosecutor. Reinisch said, "This convict is not a revolutionary; a revolutionary is a head of state or a public enemy who fights with fists and violence. I am a Catholic priest with only the weapons of the Holy Spirit and the Faith; but I know what I am fighting for." Reinisch prayed that night then wrote a farewell letter to his parents and siblings. His final words from the prison cell were, "Love and suffering into joy, F. Reinisch". On 21 August 1942 he made his final confession at midnight. At 01:00 he received Holy Communion. At 03:00 he gave all he had to his family, including a cloth in which the Eucharist was wrapped, his crucifix and rosary, some books and his farewell letter. At 03:30 his shoes and socks were taken off, his hands were tied behind his back, and he was led to the basement execution chamber where, at 05:03, he was beheaded by guillotine. His body was cremated and his ashes buried next to the Original Shrine in Schoenstatt.
Just because the Left has embraced their own form of unprovable spirituality (in the form of wokeness,feminism,equality), I am still just as shocked and appalled when I also see those on the Right do it as well.
It leaves me asking the question all the time, "how can I get closer to being the most rational?" and the answer I found, is by remaining somewhere in the middle.
Never lean into the extreme left, who might get offended when you call Black people dogs, or mock their race for never inventing the wheels. But at the same time, never lean too hard into being a Conservative either, and tell yourself that all life's problem come from an invisible devil, that only an invisible god can defeat. Even if it means sacrificing yourself like those Austrian Priests did in front of the Nazis.
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