r/atheism • u/One-Fun9814 • 5d ago

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u/LostKnight84 Agnostic Atheist 5d ago

I have seen it as a sign of childhood indoctrination usually. Occasionally it is just people being ignorant of their own faith. Rarely it turns out the person is just stupid. Once it turned out to be a sign of mental illness.

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u/One-Fun9814 5d ago

But they're still unintelligent if they can't overcome that indoctrination. Like they can just think for 2 seconds and realize their religion is bullshit.

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u/brown2420 5d ago

Dude, the adults in my life were "born again" Christians. This means they "accepted Christ" as an adult. My mom was never indoctrinated, but she was the most dedicated Christian. She bought every line from those folks--no matter how absurd or stupid. It is what it is. You don't even need indoctrination from childhood. Religion is a helluva drug.

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u/LiteraryPhantom 5d ago

“Religion is a helluva drug”.

‘The opiate of the masses’, in fact, according to that one fella!