Students given choice to admit cheating or risk "hell"

Bob of Quantum-Faith wrote:

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Yep-- christianity, like most religions, does not push for an individual to improve their behavor-- far from it.
It rewards bad behavior, because "makeup behavior" is so "rewarding"....
When I was in Jr High, I was quite active in fundie-christianity. My group of young people would get "saved" on a weekly basis-- the emotional ups and downs and ups again were very similar to hard drugs*. We did the whole enchilada-- repentance, "forgiveness", re-salvation, and the inevitable "speaking in tongues"**. Yeah-- I was once a "holy roller"....!
It's all a sort of group-hypnosis, I've since concluded. Not unlike the "mob psychology" wherein people, within a mob, will follow the crowd, and do things they wouldn't dream of doing on their own.
We *are* a social species-- and I think that the instinct to conform to a crowd is quite strong in humans. Especially if you pump-up the emotions with strongly worded, emotional garbage-speak. You know-- straight out of the bible... <eyeroll>
In any case? I'm much better, now... and I've not been tempted to follow the crowd for years.
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* or so I'm told-- I never got into hard drugs myself-- when I was young and stupid, I was too chicken. Now I'm old and cautious-- and they have no appeal.

Bob of Quantum-Faith wrote:

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The book is quite long.
However, if you like Heinlein's writing style, "Job" has it in spades.
Even though it's long, I read it through the first time, in a single sit-through.
I've re-read it several times since-- it gets a bit down not long after the start, but it picks up later on, and gets quite amusing (I think).
The ending is... somewhat similar to endings by Robert Asprin... I think it's stronger than many of Heinlein's endings, though.

Reason Personified wrote:

To threaten hellfire is just one more way that Professor Fundie gets his jollies.