@bengoertzel 80% of clergymen were opposed to the unpredictable risks of moveable type printing press and resulting literacy and critical thinking about the Bible...
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Reply · Dec 10, 2022@eigenrobot My theory is kinda yeah… it’s like when the printing press accelerated the Protestant Reformation as a lot of ppl became aware of and…Reply · Sep 14, 2023@mystellial blind deference to strongly held religious practices & lack of awareness about the downsides (partially because it's been done to so many…Reply · Dec 10, 2022@eigenrobot The painful part is the disillusionment, but the hopeful part is that “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice”…Reply · Apr 16, 2022@goblinodds Well it was a religious preschool, the main goal was that we learn to love Jesus not learn about science or reading