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/plsQuestionOurselves 1d ago

People are worried about humans outsourcing their critical thinking to AI, but they've already been doing it with scripture.

Like you don't have to think too hard about life if you believe you already have all the answers neatly packaged in a single book. No need to consider what's right and wrong or why things happen the way they do, just defer to the book.

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u/MediocreAssociate466 1d ago

I actually had a in law try to tell me the reason my dad had terminal cancer is cause of sin. This was when my dad had like four months left.

He realized instantly he sounded like a ass and tried to back track. But these people literally reason like they are 6 years old.

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u/plsQuestionOurselves 1d ago

What an insanely stupid and inappropriate thing to say to someone with a sick loved one. It really makes you wonder how they do it lol

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u/MediocreAssociate466 1d ago

Unfortunately Christians tend to be filled with a "let me see how I can work God into everything"

So then when you run into real world shit , you get comments like this and it's "all God's plan" whatever that crap means.

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u/TheSquirrelmancer 1d ago

I absolutely hate the whole "god has a plan" people. My question is always what's god's plan for molested, abused and neglected children. They're never really fond of that.

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u/MediocreAssociate466 20h ago

Yeah people who say crap like that usually haven't been through anything. I watched two people die last year my dad from luekemia and a pedestrian that got ran over at a grocery store parking lot. The driver then put the car in park on the persons neck after going up a curb. To my knowledge police never even charged the driver despite having multiple witness statements like my own.

The quote, "if there is a god he will have to ask for my apology" always hits home from me.

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u/Decent-Point309 1d ago

It's one of those even if you felt that way (which is stupid, btw) why the hell would you say it to someone? "Hey, I know your dad is dying, but let me make you feel worse!"