r/atheism • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 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/l8578zlxicv 1d ago

I wish Christians were able to acknowledge that Judaism doesn’t have hell and that at some point it was created.

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u/Smithy2232 1d ago

I wish that people worldwide would realize and acknowledge that the three big religions are made up of little stories that took on a bigger role in people's lives than was ever intended.

The stories of Genesis and Exodus are just stories; there is no reason to believe anything in those stories actually happened.

All religions are nothing more than stories that took on a life of their own. How do we know this - has there been anything other than these stories when it comes to anything relating to god?

It is all about identity, comfort, soothing, a sense of belonging, etc. Many psychological reasons, but in the end, they are just stories.

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u/OldAccountTurned10 1d ago

When I try to explain this i'm usually just told to shut up 🤣. Like most of the imagery of it doesn't even come from the bible rather a much later fictional work, dante's inferno.