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[–] 73 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

The people who believe in imaginary beings aren't smart?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago

    You're not doing your point any favors with that reading comprehension. The link is only about Christian nationalism, not Christianity or even religion as a whole. "Fascists aren't smart" is a far more plausible explanation here.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Sarcasm aside it's depressing that this single bar is already too high for most, but I leave room for belief without evidence in general being a gradient of dumb. A Nationalist Christian is markedly dumber than your average theist or whatever incoherent vaguely spiritualist humans.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    If you think plenty of smart people don't also believe many stupidly wrong things based on no evidence…

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    Being a Christian Nationalist goes far beyond holding a mere belief. Even if whatever point you're trying to make is true, do you really think that "smart people who are not Christian Nationalists" have no distinguishable difference from "Christian Nationalists"?

    (I'd hazard it's hardly based on evidence, or epistemology if that's what you're going for.)

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