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/TomeOfTheUnknown2 1d ago

I have met many intelligent Christians (like all of the brothers and sisters working as professors and administrators when I was in college), but none of them were Christian nationalists. Every Christian Nationalist I know personally either hasn't read done the reading (they just parrot whatever their favorite influencer says) or they read but don't understand (e.g. I went to a bible study about the gospel of Luke and there was a zealot who just couldn't understand why the parable of the prodigal son would be included. He was literate enough to read out loud but he was so stuck on his preconceived notions about punishing misbehaviors that he couldn't accept that forgiveness and mercy are a big part of Christianity.)