The God Article with Mark Sandlin
6. Celebrate knowledge/learning and not blindly following.
Fascination with new information and the application of that information are core values for fandoms of all sorts. Because of this, openness and transparency are highly valued. Secrecy and concealment prevent access to the desired information, and as a result cause stagnation in the movement. When a movement stagnates it’s not exactly a movement anymore, is it? Following for the sake of following makes a lot of space for secrecy and concealment. Geeks have no use for it in the long term — neither should the Church.
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