Here we go on chapter 4 where you can take some more tests to put you in touch with the authoritarian mind. Please check all my other diaries on this subject to catch up if this is your first. They give you an idea of what's in each chapter. Better yet just read the free ebook Altemeyer has put online for you to save our country. The Authoritarians
I got help from diary rescue in publicizing this on the front page and this is the book of the century. John Dean and Altemeyer will be here when it is reviewed the book club on 3-24 in the early afternoon, so read it and be here wih us. It is on at the same time as the Vermont impeachment hearings are going to cave.
Some snippets for you so make the jump.
Chapter Four
Authoritarian Followers and Religious Fundamentalism
Care to try your hand at another scale? Answer the one below, responding to
each item with anything from a -4 to a +4.
__ 1. God has given humanity a complete, unfailing guide to happiness and salvation, which must be totally followed.
__ 2. No single book of religious teachings contains all the intrinsic, fundamental truths about life.
__ 3. The basic cause of evil in this world is Satan, who is still constantly and ferociously fighting against God.
__ 4. It is more important to be a good person than to believe in God and the right religion.
Are you getting the idea now? Try your hand at this scale. Yes, I know you think some of it is shit but they didn't, the high RWA's I mean. The ones who are going to destroy the world just because they can't change their minds.
These are the topics that will be covered as well as scoring techniques for the scale above.
1.Fundamentalists and Evangelicals in America
2.Fundamentalism and Right-Wing Authoritarianism
3.Fundamentalism as a Template for Prejudice
4.The Mental Life of Fundamentalists
A.School Prayer:Majority Rights,Unless....
B.Opposition to Evolution
C.The Bible Is Always Right, Unless....
Faith and Science
5.Happiness, Joy and Comfort
Zealotry
6.Keeping the Faith,Not
7.Shortfalls in Fundamentalists' Behavior:Hypocrisy
Cheap Grace
Life Without Guilt
A Few Surprising Findings about Fundamentalism
The Most Amazing Discovery of All (to me,anyway)
Summary:So What Does All This Amount To?
Oh god do you really want to know? But you have to and that's that. It's bitter medicine but it will vaccinate you against the virus. There are scales and scales and more scales that will take you deeper and deeper into the authoritarian mind. Don't get lost in there. And remember the predictive strength is not for the individual but for groups.