Christian nationalism and biblical literalism independently predict conspiracy thinking, study finds (www.psypost.org)

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[-] Drusas@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

“We were surprised at the effect sizes we observed. When occurring together, biblical literalism and Christian nationalism had a much stronger effect than well-established predictors of conspiracy thinking, like education,” Walker said. “It’s also important not to lump all religious activity together — religious service attendance was consistently associated with less conspiracy thinking.”

I do find it interesting that attending church is associated with decreased conspiratorial thinking. I also find it hilarious that all those hypocrites out there are making their whole identities around being Christians and they don't even go to church.

[-] withersailor@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago

The congregation providing a sanity check against crazy. Why social media bubbles are so bad.

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