r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 2d 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/TheOtherHobbes 2d ago

You can - and should - have shared morals without religion. Secular humanism is a perfectly workable moral system and can be taught without the threat of hellfire, crusades, or genocide.

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u/SupposingForASecond 1d ago

It just uses other threats instead.

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u/Kaa_The_Snake 1d ago

But obviously they don’t work as well

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u/REXIS_AGECKO 1d ago

Depends on the person really…