I’m watching Apocalypse in the Tropics documentary on Netflix about evangelicals and politics in Brazil and it’s mind boggling. Why do the religious people just blindly do whatever the pastors tell them?

  • xenomor@lemmy.world
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    3 天前

    There is also a selection bias at play here. I suspect that people who are more susceptible to manipulation are more likely to be religious.

    • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 天前

      Religion also includes a pretty horrific indoctrination program in children, ensuring that most of them remain uneducated and pliable enough to be manipulated for the rest of their lives by the church.