When one has a fundamentalist point of view, anything contrary to a literally interpreted Bible is unacceptable. The world is seen as black-and-white, and people are divided into the white sheep and the black sheep, the believers and the non-believers. Many people are convinced and comforted ...
Through language control, Salafi mentors define beliefs, norms, and behaviors that are acceptable and moral. They also develop a narrative that controls who enters their mentees’ circles and who is to be trusted (trust control). One of the Salafi converts reveals, “I do not trust newspapers...
In the Hebrew Scriptures(the Old Testament in the Christian Bible)we learn that humanity has risen and fallen since the beginning of time(as we do with other historical references). Story after story, situation after situation, humanity proves that left to our own, our selfishness, hubris, and...
That mindset echoes aspeechLenin gave in 1920 before the Russian Young Communist League. After declaring that “we reject ethics” based on “God’s commandments,” Lenin stated that “our morality is entirely subordinated to the interests” of advancing Communism. Lenin’s doctrine was also embra...
The Unscrupulous Hero lives in a world where morality is made up of varying shades of gray, with their gray being slightly lighter than that of the villain's. Often they live in a really crappy setting, which accounts for their distrust of humanity and penchant towards violence. They're big...
imagine you are reverse-engineering the sequence as you break down these shots to storyboard them. Think about the pacing and editing, why the shots are framed the way they are, where the negative space is, when and why does it go to close-ups, and where is the main focal point in ...
Morality *Yes, you can have a love story subplot in your love story! Just look atPride and Prejudice. No idea what these mean?That's ok! See adetailed list of the types of stories here. Different subplots will interact better with different arcs, so choose your subplots carefully. ...
Just 50 years ago, no one knew why the Earth has mountains. Now we do. This is the story of how we figured it out - and how we keep learning.
Conservative Protestants tend to be much more literal in interpreting the Bible, arguing for a plain reading of the text (Harding,2000; Wuthnow,1990). This approach can be clearly seen with regard to the NRA’s emphasis on the plain reading of the Second Amendment’s language “shall not be...
Download This Simple 10-Minute Tip to Break Free of the Bedroom Routine. From the outside, especially from a guy’s perspective, NFP can seem daunting and quite confining. After all, it does require some periods of abstinence and we men aren’t the biggest fans of that idea. Well, I’...