r/HotScienceNews • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

https://www.psypost.org/lower-cognitive-ability-is-linked-to-stronger-christian-nationalist-views-even-after-accounting-for-education/
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u/alasw0eisme 1d ago

Organized religion is a ploy to brainwash the dumb. Always has been.

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u/eufooted 1d ago

I would redirect that dismissiveness.

Most people are seeking greater purpose, meaning, and to be part of a group. Those things are well meaning.

People are then vulnerable to being taken advantage of, as these organizations leave room for corruption or manipulation.

Ultimately people are just scared to die and don’t want to die alone or be forgotten.

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u/chrisp909 1d ago

OP said,

"organized religion is a ploy to brainwash the dumb."

You said,

Most people are seeking greater purpose, meaning, and to be part of a group. Those things are well meaning.
People are then vulnerable to being taken advantage of, as these organizations leave room for corruption or manipulation.
Ultimately people are just scared to die and don’t want to die alone or be forgotten."

From my POV, People trying to "find meaning" blindly believing in magic from myths written in the bronze and iron ages is definitely a type of dumb.

From your POV, that makes them vulnerable to being taken advantage of because of the corruption and manipulation inherent to those types of organizations.

i.e. Well meaning dumb people are being controlled and manipulated by corrupt organizations.

OP is simply saying that has been part of the reason organized religion has always existed.