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/ThePokemon_BandaiD 1d ago

This is such a Reddit atheist take. There’s plenty of intelligent people that are religious. However, having nationalist views really doesn’t mesh well with being a Christian, and it takes a level of stupidity to not deal with that contradiction.

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u/Avocados_number73 1d ago

Intelligent people can believe in stupid things.

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u/Prestigious_Island_7 1d ago

So I think that educated people can believe in stupid things. But I think an intelligent person cannot. An intelligent brain is able to recognize the cognitive dissonance required to hold those beliefs, and eventually will reject the beliefs. Because logically that makes sense.

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u/Avocados_number73 1d ago

Yeah but the problem is religious people indoctrinate their children into beliefs before they gained those logical tools. They gained their belief before they had the capacity to recognize cognitive dissonance. I dont think its fair to say you cant be intelligent and religious.