Badly Shaved Monkey
7th June 2004, 03:36 PM
Have others noted the po-faced pomposity that is so characteristic of woos? It seems to me that in the desire to be taken seriously they lack any sense of irony or humour, whereas those of us who can see the wood for their particular cluster of trees have no problem in seeing the humour in life generally.
On a separate tack, I think this same humourlessness afflicts the wost kind of religious zealots and possibly for the same reasons. Fundamentally (fundamentalistically?) they cannot bear to see take themselves anything less than 100% seriously or their whole world view would come crashing down.
Now clearly, speaking as an Englishman, pace Rolfe, effortless superiority is one of my intrinsic qualities and it enables laughter at both myself and the foibles of those around me because I am not threatened by them. Doubtless even non-English members of a sceptical forum share this same perspective even though they were not blessed with the advantage of having been born in England's green and pleasant land [departs humming Blake's 'Jerusalem'].
...Anyway... is this lack of sense of humour and irony indicative of a lack of self-awareness that afflicts the typical alt med believer and conceals an insecurity in their faith that cannot bear even the smallest dent lest the whole system disintegrate?
I think this is true, which is why having beleved one load of woo claptrap they have to beleve the lot, from crystal rubbing to astrology, because if they doubted one of these the whole edifice would crumble.
On a separate tack, I think this same humourlessness afflicts the wost kind of religious zealots and possibly for the same reasons. Fundamentally (fundamentalistically?) they cannot bear to see take themselves anything less than 100% seriously or their whole world view would come crashing down.
Now clearly, speaking as an Englishman, pace Rolfe, effortless superiority is one of my intrinsic qualities and it enables laughter at both myself and the foibles of those around me because I am not threatened by them. Doubtless even non-English members of a sceptical forum share this same perspective even though they were not blessed with the advantage of having been born in England's green and pleasant land [departs humming Blake's 'Jerusalem'].
...Anyway... is this lack of sense of humour and irony indicative of a lack of self-awareness that afflicts the typical alt med believer and conceals an insecurity in their faith that cannot bear even the smallest dent lest the whole system disintegrate?
I think this is true, which is why having beleved one load of woo claptrap they have to beleve the lot, from crystal rubbing to astrology, because if they doubted one of these the whole edifice would crumble.