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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

when someone who used a mocking look says, "No, I was listening to
you very carefully. It's just that something came into my head which
is why you may have formed the impression I was laughing at you,"
no one can object. There is no physical proof of mockery in a facial ex-
pression. Yet a person's expression can express all kinds of opinions,
positive or negative, in a crystal-clear way. So a great many in the so-
ciety of the ignorant rely solely on looks to annoy others.
For example, when people must talk to someone they've fallen
out with, they assume a very cold expression, making it quite clear
they have no respect for that person. As one listens, lowering one's
eyelids and opening them very slowly when a subject not to one's
liking is brought up, is another tactic in Ignorantism.
One's eyes can also hold a mocking look designed to make it
clear how much one despises someone else. This method assumes
the form of laughing with one's eyes while one's face remains ex-
pressionless. Someone who appears to be listening very seriously to
what another has to say, but whose eyes are full of laughter, is actu-
ally saying, "Keep on talking, but what you are saying is going in
one ear and out of the other."

7- BEING CLOSED TO NEW IDEAS AND
CRITICISM
In terms of character and moral values, a person who lives by
the Religion of the Ignorant can never register any progress through
life. The Ignorantism places a strict ban on new ideas and criticism.
It is almost impossible to criticize or suggest new ideas to someone
older, richer, more cultured, in a higher position, more attractive or
more experienced than oneself. Indeed, so strict are the rules in this
regard that friendships that have lasted 20 or 30 years can come to
an end, never to be restored, as the result of a single criticism.

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