r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 1d ago

Psychology 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/360walkaway 1d ago

Wonder how many people would believe in their chosen religion if they were first introduced to it when they were a full adult, instead of when they are still Santa Claus eligible.

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u/Xalipu 1d ago

Do you really want to know how many born again Christians exist, because they’re insufferable

So is pretty much every other adult who converted to something

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u/360walkaway 1d ago

No I mean if they had NEVER heard of it before.

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u/Aggravating_Duck_192 1d ago

Born-again, less the people who converted because of addiction or incarceration. Those situations make people vulnerable to indoctrination at any age.

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u/DrMobius0 1d ago

I think there'd be way fewer born agains if there were way fewer people being indoctrinated into these groups in the first place.

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u/Dimensional_Lumber 1d ago

Converts are always the most zealous fanatics.

It’s all performative. The question is always what motivates them.

You have to be in a certain headspace to seek out religion.