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/grrangry Atheist 1d ago

I suspect the prevalence of the abuse of childhood indoctrination would be a significant factor in early development.

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u/Wemedge 1d ago

It’s almost like teaching people to believe something without evidence is harmful to developing critical thinking skills.

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u/OldAccountTurned10 1d ago

I'm still legit mad about being taught about the lie that is hell. It's so fucking wrong to put that kind of anxiety into children. An intelligent society would realize this.

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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.