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Old 12-13-2009, 08:51 PM
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I think it may also have something to do with a persons inability to think critically. Also it may have appeal to followers. My father in law just became a born again when he remarried. Not sure if he did it on his own or if he became born again because of his new wife. She is a baptist I believe. Some of the emails I get from him are just off the chart wacky. He just forwards what others give to him. I suspect that concept can be transferred to the religious reawakening as well. He (they) just take what ever is spooned to them and take it in. There is a sense of belonging (as long as you go with the flow) and the belief that you are part of something. Start thinking on your own and the clan will turn on you like a rabid dog if they do not feel you can be saved again.
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