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Zing Zing Zingbah

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13. I think religion has something to do with it.

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #11)

Wed Sep 23, 2020, 02:57 PM

Sep 2020

Intelligent people with good education seem to still make crappy decisions because of religious indoctrination from childhood. I mean, they received a good k-12 education and even college, but their reasoning is still screwed up because of their religion. Religion basically teaches the opposite of critical thinking skills. Your supposed to believe in magical beings that you have no evidence for. I find that religious people are much more likely to fall for internet conspiracy theories and I think it's because the conspiracy theories don't sound all that far fetched when you compare them to the religious beliefs they already have.

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Shit for brains -- why there are so many dumb Americans [View all] Ponietz Sep 2020 OP

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Eugenics? Act_of_Reparation Sep 2020 #3

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You just made an argument for heritable intelligence. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2020 #17

No. Aristus Sep 2020 #18

What the fuck is this shit right here. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #8

You are seeing the effects Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #2

Television? lastlib Sep 2020 #4

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FOH with this racist, classist bullshit. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #9

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The general stupidity we're seeing in this country has a lot more to do with... Silent3 Sep 2020 #11

I think religion has something to do with it. Zing Zing Zingbah Sep 2020 #13

The two things are related, which is why the Religious Right was a great target... Silent3 Sep 2020 #14

I look and feel different depending on what I eat. betsuni Sep 2020 #15