Religion
In reply to the discussion: Are thinking skills generally absent among theists? [View all]helmedon1974
(92 posts)They also have critical thinking skills. Most are quite intelligent and thoughtful people. The problem is that they're conditioned from birth to believe and not question. Or if they're allowed to question (some are literally not allowed to question their faith) they are not allowed, or not encouraged at least, to question their pastor/preacher/priest, vicar, etc.
There are others who simply don't want to question, even though many things don't add up. They simply prefer to live in the world they know. The one they grew up with. The safe, ordered world where it's God's will when a man kill his family, instead of a faulty bioelectric system in our less than perfect skinbags that contain our consciousness until that too fails.
Most people are afraid of what they don't know. Strong, intelligent people strive to correct the lack of knowledge and understand that there's much more to life than tired old dogma and fear of the love that's promised.
Basically, some people are happy being stupid and they're not encouraged to expand their knowledge. Certainly not when there's chores to do.