Religion rots your brain.
(This not a scholarly article, you can read about what research says on Google)
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I saw a form of this in the Deep South in the late 60's...... the little town on the AL-GA border still had segregated schools, drinking fountains, waiting rooms, et al.
The mental effort required to deny the obvious humanity of all those "darkies" (to use the politest term) actually made the whites Stupid. (I was only 18 at the time,with plenty of personal problems, not woke or scholarly in any way) but it was so Obvious!
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Dec 26, 2021
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Were you visiting or you grew up in the South? I am curious about when you turned atheist if grew up in the South. I would imagine it was hard.
@St-Sinner no i grew up in southern CT, married a southerner who was in the Navy stationed here. It was his hometown.
As such anything that can be labeled as a religion or deep seated belief to the exclusion of supportable fact. Historically this could be applied to hard line NAZIs in 1945 for example.
A closed mindset denying analysis of fresh or conflicting data reduces the mind's ability to think. Effectively self brain-washing to the point of psychosis.
Sofabeast
Level 7
Dec 25, 2021
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References to study please
Lorajay
Level 9
Dec 25, 2021
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Mine is just a graphic based on multiple readings. There are many articles on Google
I am not writing a scholarly article here. This is social media. We are no different than Facebook. Take for what it is worth.
If you interested in more references, I can provide more in the new year.
I work with an intelligent woman who recently told me that our DNA was better and more pure in the time of Adam and Eve. She is a believer but not an active church attender.
DenoPenno
Level 9
Dec 25, 2021
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How could she possibly know that?
She made a statement, but what is her argument? And what is exactly the time of Adam and Eve (which we don't believe in). It seems like it has a puritan view like we were pure when God created us in his own image.
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