There’s an easy answer to this question RELEVANT does NOT have the range to give which is that we spent a couple generations building an entire para-realty alternative-facts infrastructure of media & institutions so Christians are primed to distrust real experts relevantmagazine.com/current/nati... - ThreadSky

emilyjoyallison.bsky.social • 18 days ago

There’s an easy answer to this question RELEVANT does NOT have the range to give which is that we spent a couple generations building an entire para-realty alternative-facts infrastructure of media & institutions so Christians are primed to distrust real experts https://relevantmagazine.com/current/nation/why-are-so-many-christians-falling-for-conspiracy-theories/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1TDDX78-xrTL5fIKSonaGK2oQUSk9xVBREUd58-vOoXQrJb7XXOBbp1Dw_aem_qLW1y5cljpWh3-PChB9Ikg

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chelittle.bsky.social•17 days ago

It's because they believe in an invisible man in the sky and follow blast from this religious beliefs that I don't even pertain to the text that they supposedly worship

rdangler.bsky.social•17 days ago

...or, they're just incredibly stupid and gullible people.

ireadgoodbooks.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yup! We were taught to memorize “for the wisdom of this world is foolishness.” It was explicit in the culture that expertise outside the church was not to be trusted.

icassassin.bsky.social•18 days ago

I wonder if RELEVANT understands how much this statement of theirs contributes to the acceptance of embracing parareailty and the distrust of outside expertise:

untenablewhale.bsky.social•17 days ago

I mean, like 65% of the time you hear an evangelical christian mention truth, they are just talking about hating gay people.

emilyjoyallison.bsky.social•18 days ago

I sincerely doubt it lol

jeannieprinsen.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yeah, that quote is not even coherent. If lies are divisive "spiritual warfare," then they are NOT simply manufactured distractions from "what really matters." LIES really matter.

sharon43302.bsky.social•18 days ago

They are brainwashed and hypnotized.

edwinmix.bsky.social•17 days ago

Religious fundamentalism IS the ultimate conspiracy theory. They are merely bringing that same conspiratorial mindset to our present reality. They are not doing anything differently than what they have been primed to do since childhood.

scorpioheavy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Asking for a friend

emilyjoyallison.bsky.social•18 days ago

“The world is out to deceive you but our Christian school/radio station/podcast/nonprofit/parachurch ministry/creation museum with a life size replica of Noah’s Ark has the REAL answers” makes people ready to dismiss actual scientists and historians and turn to fringe theories? GASP

emilyjoyallison.bsky.social•18 days ago

And if you think this doesn’t have to do with the coup happening on a national level it does because we all need to get it through our heads that we are not gonna be able fight fire with facts. Facts do not matter to them. “They can’t do that” it doesn’t matter. They’re doing it time for a new plan

flcloud.bsky.social•18 days ago

Exactly!They hate facts as much as they hate big words and long sentences.

mybakedequation.bsky.social•17 days ago

These days their response to facts is - that is your opinion! To which any sane person says facts are not subject to opinion.

checkeverywhere.bsky.social•17 days ago

SO many tales of evolutionary biologists STUMPED by college kid who spent his high school years studying apologetics. The pervasive “See? These scientists don’t know what they’re talking about!” primes people to think the experts are actually clueless.

emilyjoyallison.bsky.social•17 days ago

I mean the whole God’s Not Dead movie was based on a chain email that went around for a long time with a story just like that

josephebacon.bsky.social•17 days ago

Well, Religion has an incredible ability to make people very, very brainwashed.

piskyinpresbyland.bsky.social•17 days ago

Ideology in general. Talk to most Americans about socialism and try to get any sense out of them.

raventerp1.bsky.social•17 days ago

Psychosis. Fear is an incredible drug.

silhuet.bsky.social•18 days ago

They are already partially brainwashed and dumbed down.

jennacrystalblue.bsky.social•17 days ago

Because religion is the biggest conspiracy theory of all? Kind of obvious? They've already sold their souls to that one, literally. What's left?

timdiggerm.bsky.social•17 days ago

Believing YEC is a great example

rick-rolled.bsky.social•17 days ago

As an MAT grad, it's pretty clear. One type of magical thinking begets other types of magical thinking.

Belief in a celestial dictatorship predisposes one to support an earthly dictator.

It's why organized religion is such a threat to a free and functioning democracy.

readingdanger.bsky.social•18 days ago

"Why are we believing conspiracy theories?" asks the Church of You-Must-Believe-Conspiracy-Theories-To-Be-Saved.

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