The trouble is, certainty sells

There’s an excellent account of this in Leaving Alexandria by Richard Holloway (who used to be the Bishop of Edinburgh). He himself is full of uncertainties and he recognises that that makes him a good pastor but a terrible evangelist. He gets quite annoyed with the evangelists, who are full of brassy certainty and conviction (which gets people in through the door, but doesn’t help them in hard patches of life) and don’t entertain any other ideas.

Holloway’s “Waiting for the last bus” is a must read for anyone with elderly parents, by the way

Posted By: Old Git on August 25th 2021 at 12:55:06

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Day after day I see an old family friend who we've known since I was 10 (so 11 years) (General Chat) - Charles21, Aug 25, 11:34:31
- In a few years time it will be uncovered/discovered to be a widespread mental illness (General Chat) - LeftSide, Aug 25, 21:52:30
- I cant deal with it so I just cut anyone off who is nutty. (General Chat) - usacanary, Aug 25, 16:37:57
- Does she attach the word lol to everything? (General Chat) - Tier2canary, Aug 25, 14:48:38
  - Off you fuck Eunuch. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 25, 14:56:56
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- I have had to cut certain people out of my life (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 25, 13:43:43
- It's because they've become targeted by Russian bots (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Aug 25, 13:17:47
- I had a rather interesting convo (General Chat) - strap_on sally, Aug 25, 12:54:19
- Was chatting to the covid crank 5G guy the other day (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 25, 12:21:06
  - Which is why there's no point engaging (General Chat) - Charles21, Aug 25, 12:32:45
    - Oh yeah more dying of suicide than covid (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 25, 12:37:58
      - And of course all the flu deaths we used to have (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 25, 12:40:38
- My wife's sister married in to a crackpot evangelical family (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 25, 12:14:54
  - That’s very sad (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 25, 12:42:27
    - Funnily enough my Grummah Edna Wilson was headmistress of Hardingham c of e school. (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 25, 12:53:52
    - It really is. (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 25, 12:47:45
      - The trouble is, certainty sells (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 25, 12:55:06
        
        Is it any good FOR elderly parents? (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 25, 15:06:07
        
        Depends on their temperament (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 25, 15:15:47
        
        Might be worth a read. (General Chat) - CB41, Aug 25, 15:32:08
        
        age is just a number (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Aug 25, 16:05:00
        
        Cheers OG 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 25, 12:56:57
  - Terrible (General Chat) - Charles21, Aug 25, 12:34:57
    - I’ll tell you (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 25, 12:44:10
      - Sorry, I don't believe in that nonsense (General Chat) - Charles21, Aug 25, 13:21:06
      - I see you've called 😄 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 25, 12:48:11
        
        I write his scripts! (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 25, 12:58:40
- We're on a football message board, we should be used to people holding ... (General Chat) - Basil Wrathbone, Aug 25, 12:04:45
  - Definitely a coping mechanism (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 25, 12:23:41
- Yes, a few like this. (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Aug 25, 11:58:02
  - Also it seems opinion and fact have gained the same weight in value. (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Aug 25, 12:04:09
- I've unfollowed some as a result of this too and... (General Chat) - Jester, Aug 25, 11:57:55
- Its easy to think people are getting more thick... (General Chat) - BearCan94, Aug 25, 11:49:00
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- Do you remember all the 9/11 stuff that some people used to post on here? (General Chat) - Adster, Aug 25, 11:48:03
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- When I was back in Norfolk for my hols my old circle of friends got together for a few (General Chat) - shoddy, Aug 25, 11:45:36
  - Jesus you did well not to bite. Sorry about your dad. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Aug 25, 12:29:05
  - Crikey (General Chat) - Old Git, Aug 25, 12:22:27
  - Shit. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Aug 25, 12:16:04
  - bloody hell (General Chat) - Charles21, Aug 25, 12:04:43
  - Shoddy,have a look at the Lynn news,there were a couple of arrests in the (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 25, 12:00:26
    - omg just found it online in the EDP (General Chat) - shoddy, Aug 25, 12:11:16
      - Funny thing is he'd been doing voluntary work for Lynn about 6 months ago so (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Aug 25, 12:18:22
- Yep a few but one in particular (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Aug 25, 11:43:40
  - Yes many aren’t typically stupid (General Chat) - SCC 28, Aug 25, 12:23:04

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