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in the midst of the backward believers' department:

"And what are the theoretical and academic divisions which you deplore?" asked Lamiel, "for I strongly suspect that you refer to such highly practical matters as the distinctions between the regenerate and the unregenerate, the baptized and the unbaptized, the saved and the damned."

"Oh, come, come!" said Dr. Primrose [Director of the BB Department], obviously shocked. "We must be careful how we use these most misleading words. Really it is better if we don't use them at all; for they have the most unfortunate associations with outworn superstitions.
Salvation is a case in point. It comes from a word meaning 'health.' ... I do not like the modern derivatives at all...er...I always speak of mental health myself. I think all our members do. We recognize the dangers of pressing home archaic ideas. No, mental health is so much safer than salvation. It puts the discussion on the right intellectual level, doesn't it? It prevents misunderstanding."

"I should have said myself," Lamiel replied, "that it destroys all possibility of understanding."

"Yes," said Dr. Primrose, "yes, er...I think you and I are really saying the same thing. It's a question of words. I'm sure we agree at bottom."

"Apart from the fact that where I say
understanding you say misunderstanding, there is of course complete unanimity upon one point."

"Exactly," said Dr. Primrose, "and that is the kind of unanimity we must seek. It's so much better than all the old bickering and controversy."

"I cannot deny," said Lamiel, "that you have hit upon a technique for making controversy impossible. Indeed, you are well on the way to making rational communication impossible."


-'The Devil's Hunting Grounds,' Harry Blamires

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  1. Anonymous on January 17, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    Oooghh.... Sounds all to familiar.

     


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