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lindysalsagal

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58. Include the bending of "science" to support the cult, rather than following observation wherever it

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 05:54 AM

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leads. They only see/hear what leads to the foregone conclusion. Real science is not lead by outcome: It follows facts wherever they lead.

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A neuroscientist explains why evangelicals are wired to believe Trump's lies [View all] Arkansas Granny Oct 2018 OP

Morons are trained Turbineguy Oct 2018 #1

Morans! Get it right! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #2

Get a brain, Morans. madinmaryland Oct 2018 #25

I'm sorry, but no cat would fall for any of Trump's nonsense. irresistable Oct 2018 #51

It is absolutely true! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #52

That is immoral abuse of cats. olegramps Oct 2018 #64

That's pretty funny! calimary Oct 2018 #61

Organized religion in almost all its forms is authoritarian. SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2018 #48

He's even more popular than most demagogues because he doesn't demand a price: "Come as you are!" lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #55

You're right. Just show up with your fears, your hatred of "the others", and your votes SuprstitionAintthWay Oct 2018 #74

Yeah well have you ever read the Nicene creed? vlyons Oct 2018 #3

Exactly! MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

What about the left hand? Achilleaze Oct 2018 #13

Republicans are Sudden Baptists - They get religion just before elections. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2018 #43

Don't denigrate mommy. She was instilling fear that is requred for indoctrination and salvation. olegramps Oct 2018 #66

thank-you for sharing vlyons Oct 2018 #68

Great story. llmart Oct 2018 #71

During that period if a Catholic married a non-Catholic they had to swear to raise the kids Catholic olegramps Oct 2018 #75

Yeah, I remember that... llmart Oct 2018 #82

Well said! llmart Oct 2018 #70

"Left" is sinister & evil Crash2Parties Oct 2018 #73

It's amazing how many Christians know nothing about the Nicene creed TexasBushwhacker Oct 2018 #85

You show me a person who believes that a 600 year old dude built a boat by hand big enough NightWatcher Oct 2018 #4

Noah's ark! What a hoot! vlyons Oct 2018 #14

Fascinatin'. Thanx! zentrum Oct 2018 #23

Oh hell, you don't understand. They were all just mixed up in there together like one big japple Oct 2018 #26

Hope there were a lot of dung beetles to roll up the feces and push overboard vlyons Oct 2018 #65

Guess I should always remember to post the japple Oct 2018 #86

It reduced the jew's 537 rules to 10. The pagans had endless gods and stories of punishment. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #56

Religious 1,000 years ago: Get a pass. 21st century: Get a brain. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #29

Exactly, and that's the problem we're facing, isn't it? MineralMan Oct 2018 #5

EVILGELICALS!! A slug has a better functioning brain Thekaspervote Oct 2018 #7

As an Evangelical DocFwi Oct 2018 #53

Am thinking you forgot to add that UpInArms Oct 2018 #62

I feel for you. I hope you are not promoting destruction of the planet TryLogic Oct 2018 #78

They are not just Trumps lies. nt fleabiscuit Oct 2018 #87

I read a pretty good book called "The Evangelicals" Cary Oct 2018 #89

It's no mystery why evangelical Christianity is hard-wired into talk radio The_jackalope Oct 2018 #8

RW radio is the mental equivalent of Hamburger Helper. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #31

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Yes. H2O Man Oct 2018 #10

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Respect5fully disagree. H2O Man Oct 2018 #16

Neuroscientists don't psychoanalyze. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2018 #12

Very good point. H2O Man Oct 2018 #17

The series "perception" on Hulu is interesting. Star is a neuroscientist w/schizaphrenia OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #44

Less fun, more insight. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #22

THIS research started because of the Holocaust, when Hortensis Oct 2018 #38

Interesting! TryLogic Oct 2018 #79

I notice I should have said Christianity-dominated nation. Hortensis Oct 2018 #80

I always thought they were just plain stupid. I guess it takes more work to be a... JoeOtterbein Oct 2018 #15

Well it depends on what you mean by stupid. lunatica Oct 2018 #50

The people who run the evangelical/fundie churches are not gullible FakeNoose Oct 2018 #18

And, they're taught to be self-righteous about it as well. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #27

Some do, some don't. I wouldn't give them that much blanketed credit. defacto7 Oct 2018 #67

20+ years of Fox News and RW radio moondust Oct 2018 #19

Books written thousands of years ago and translated in several languages are God's truth IronLionZion Oct 2018 #20

Perfect example of ignoring simple logic. defacto7 Oct 2018 #69

It's not just evangelicals. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #21

I'm a very independent thinker. I'm a Presbyterian. phylny Oct 2018 #32

Yes, the liberal Protestants, like Presbyterians PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2018 #45

YOU are just fine :) phylny Oct 2018 #47

Curious... Which Presbyterian denomination are you part of? defacto7 Oct 2018 #72

I think religious people try to believe as much as possible. TryLogic Oct 2018 #81

Yet the bible promotes slavery and child murder and genocide. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #57

I'm not going to defend my faith here, but will say phylny Oct 2018 #60

Hey- It says what it says. I'm not adding anything that isn't there. I wouldn't tell anyone "how" to lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #63

K&R Scurrilous Oct 2018 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author prudence54 Oct 2018 #28

And this is why we need to stupid-shame them at every opportunity. backscatter712 Oct 2018 #30

I like this study because it doesn't rely on voluntary thoughts or statements or reporting. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #33

Translation: When You've Already Bought the Biggest Lie of All, DoctorJoJo Oct 2018 #34

That is why they have Sunday church services. LiberalFighter Oct 2018 #35

Their belief structure does everything upside-down. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2018 #36

Include the bending of "science" to support the cult, rather than following observation wherever it lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #58

I would like to join everyone in hitting the PANIC button apkhgp Oct 2018 #37

I think it's actually a lot simpler and more fundamental than that. k2qb3 Oct 2018 #39

Many of the DUers do believe in God FakeNoose Oct 2018 #46

It's exhausting Pepsidog Oct 2018 #40

"For Christian fundamentalists, being taught to suppress critical thinking elocs Oct 2018 #41

It's easy, when someone's entertaining one's petty hatreds sandensea Oct 2018 #42

faith based politikkks. same as reagan's faith based ekonomikkks. pansypoo53219 Oct 2018 #49

No. They believe Trump's lies because they've been rock-ribbed Republicans for decades. NeverTrumpDemocrat Oct 2018 #54

It was done by Neuroscientist Sam Harris and others. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #59

I escaped from the fundamentalists' alternative reality and programmed brain, but TryLogic Oct 2018 #76

I am so thankful to my parents for having been brought up to think things out for myself anarch Oct 2018 #77

The MSM is complicit in this! RainCaster Oct 2018 #83

"...taught to suppress critical thinking begins at a very early age." dchill Oct 2018 #84

So basically it... Snackshack Oct 2018 #88