Thanks for the quote and link-- I couldn't get my comment to post, so here it is:
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WHY DOES "JESUS" TURN DECENT PEOPLE INTO JACKASSES?
I'm not recommending it strongly-- the quotes change the meaning, and it's not my article. Still, I think it's a sufficiently interesting variation to be worth mentioning.
I don't think anyone's exactly addressed the matter of low quality Christianity making people *worse*-- that their social training and natural instincts weren't that bad, and they're being encouraged to override their habitual friendliness.
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Possible alternate title:
WHY DOES "JESUS" TURN DECENT PEOPLE INTO JACKASSES?
I'm not recommending it strongly-- the quotes change the meaning, and it's not my article. Still, I think it's a sufficiently interesting variation to be worth mentioning.
I don't think anyone's exactly addressed the matter of low quality Christianity making people *worse*-- that their social training and natural instincts weren't that bad, and they're being encouraged to override their habitual friendliness.