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Re: Missionaries (was: "Mormon Asshole?" re: GAK)
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Most ppl believe what they are told to believe. Otherwise why would
> > there be so many ppl willing to take whatever the Govt servers them.
> > Afterall...The madia would not lie...;)
>
> One example of a topic that most people (including very intelligent,
> "technical" people) steer clear of:
>
> Why is it that 95-plus percent of all people stay with their parents'
> religion (more-or-less) when they grow up, instead of abandoning it, or
> finding one on their own? Simple. The uncountable zillions of "bytes"
> of information that go into your brain before you become more-or-less
> conscious, so controls your mind by the time you are conscious, that
> very few people can overcome this programming to any significant extent.
>
Don't forget inheritance (my dad's a Southern Baptist minister ;)
--Deviant
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