Now that your fledgling religion has its core tenets of faith, you need to find a way to protect that faith from the inevitable criticism that will be flung its way. The trick is to adopt a belief that creates a self-reinforcing us-versus-them dichotomy—that is, create a perception of “us” versus “them” in such a way that anyone who criticizes or questions “us” immediately becomes a “them.” This sounds difficult, but is actually quite easy. Here are some examples: If you don’t support the war, then you support the terrorists. God created science to test our faith in God. Therefore, anything
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