WOTM: Christians Have To Lie

So this suggests they're not really lying for Jesus, but instead a more personal, selfish, and masturbatory reason. (Or should we spell that masterbatory?)

It seems to me that the need to lie is precisely why congregations exist. They need to reinforce the lies using groupthink, a kind of circular lying squad, which is why that audience applauded Frank's twisted proclamations. Think of our former cult's "fast and testimony meetings." It's rare, if not impossible, for anyone to stand up in those meetings and say: "Hey, brothers and sisters, I've also read the book, but have concluded that he made it all up. He's a fraud." Good luck with that!

I always think back to the old 60's Batman series, and in particular, the villain Mister Freeze. The back story is that he could only survive in very cold temperatures, so when he is with a group of people (in a room temperature environment), he has a gadget that instantly freezes several cubic meters of space in front of him at a time. This is depicted with very cheesy 3D-looking filter effects. Likewise, it always feels like apologetics are doing essentially the same thing, trying to change the public environment they are walking into to suit their own needs, instead of being secure in their own inner environment.

Joke 'em if they can't take a f*ck. Why don't Baptists have sex? Because it might lead to dancing.