28 Jul '06 08:21>
Regardless of whether royaltystatement's views are right or wrong, isn't the most noticeable feature of his posts that they positively drip with egotism?
royaltystatement proudly parades his almighty and vengeful God before RHPers with all the self-deluding assurance of a narcissistic, child who declares importantly to his playmates that his toys are much better than theirs.
It strikes me that this is one psychological reason why people may cleave rigidly to fundamentalist worldviews: it permits them the satisfaction of regarding themselves as superior to others.
Such a worldview also conveniently enables them to conceal their egocentricity from themselves. It permits them, on the one hand, to declare overtly that they are nothing and God is everything, and on the other, to simmer covertly in the smug certainty of their own righteousness. It is the ultimate means of basking in reflected glory.
Using BIG LETTERS to lecture us poor lost souls? God's right hand man providing us with lexical illumination?
Perhaps we could hear your message better if who you are didn't speak so loud.
royaltystatement proudly parades his almighty and vengeful God before RHPers with all the self-deluding assurance of a narcissistic, child who declares importantly to his playmates that his toys are much better than theirs.
It strikes me that this is one psychological reason why people may cleave rigidly to fundamentalist worldviews: it permits them the satisfaction of regarding themselves as superior to others.
Such a worldview also conveniently enables them to conceal their egocentricity from themselves. It permits them, on the one hand, to declare overtly that they are nothing and God is everything, and on the other, to simmer covertly in the smug certainty of their own righteousness. It is the ultimate means of basking in reflected glory.
Using BIG LETTERS to lecture us poor lost souls? God's right hand man providing us with lexical illumination?
Perhaps we could hear your message better if who you are didn't speak so loud.