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@SocDoneLeft
Sep 13, 2021 • 11 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
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A thread of some interesting studies about the effects of religiosity on political & personal behavior:
Many studies have correlated religiosity and social conservatism. Here are a few:

A simple one: Just 4% of atheists voted for Donald Trump in 2016: baylor.edu/baylorreligion…
This correlation between religiosity and economical & social rightism holds across nearly the entire world:

Gaskins 2013: religiosity correlates with conservatism (on left-right self-placement, divorce, euthanasia, abortion, suicide, and homosexuality): sci-hub.st/10.1017/S00223…
Cingranelli 2019: in 1981-2015, higher religiosity (how often attend religious services) correlates with worse women's rights (right to vote, run for office, proportion offices held by women) and worse protections for female domestic violence victims: muse.jhu.edu/article/730069/
Cingranelli 2019 also find that religiosity correlates with authoritarianism -- lower respect for human rights (free assembly & association, free & fair elections, free speech): sci-hub.st/10.1353/hrq.20…
Why is this? Religiosity appears to correlate with more-conservative mentalities:

Hannover 2018: among German adolescents, religiosity correlates with sexism, fundamentalism, right-wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation: sci-hub.st/10.3389/fpsyg.…
Religion also seems to justify the status quo -- "divine right" or "opiate of the masses"

Shepherd 2016: among the religious who believe the USA is in decline, belief that God has a plan for the USA increases support for existing political systems: sci-hub.st/10.1111/pops.1…
The common cause for these traits may be that religious people think more "intuitively" (fast, unsystematic) while less religious people think more "analytically" (slow, systematic): Zuckerman 2013: sci-hub.st/10.1177/108886…>
This greater reliance on analytic thinking may explain atheists overrepresentation in higher ed.

In 2009:
~4% of US residents are atheists
~40% of US scientists are atheists (~10x higher)
~70% of US philosophers are atheists (~20x)
pewforum.org/2009/11/05/sci…
psychologytoday.com/blog/logical-t…
This fact may have large effects on religion and scientific performance: Stoet 2017 found that more-religious countries have significantly worse scientific education performance; this effect is partially explained by HDI levels: sci-hub.st/10.1016/j.inte…
Religion certainly provides comfort and wholeness to many people. However, I believe the evidence shows that higher religiosity also brings social & economic conservatism, worse scientific performance, and weaker models of thought.

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It's been 2400 years, and theocratic theists have yet to give a single good response to the Euthyphro dilemma. Image
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Who cares if God is arbitrary? As absolute ruler, he has "irresistible power", and you must kneel.

But we reject this for weaker tyrants with smaller arbitrary demands. Why accept it from the strongest tyrant?
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If God's character alone determines what is moral, then morality is arbitrary. He sets moral law as he pleases. Back to horn 2.
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New blogpost:

Socialists will overwhelmingly vote for Kamala Harris. 🧵 Image
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About 90% of socialist likely voters will vote for Kamala in ME, NH, VT: Image
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Anyone who seriously cites the ACPeds is a hack. Thread: 🧵
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Both anti-electoral leftists AND anti-leftist contrarians like Wu ignore that progressives in blue states have created public health insurance options!

2 already have them (WA CO) and 4 passed laws authorizing them (NV ME MN NM). Image
Progressives and leftists didn't "stop thinking about universal healthcare" -- in half a dozen states, we took the first step toward UHC in half a century!

Come on, man!

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The 3 earlier plans are neoliberal: Public-funded but private-run.

They are mild successes. They reduced the real cost of health insurance. They haven't come CLOSE to universal healthcare.

The 3 new plans are slated to be bigger, public-run, and integrated with Medicaid:
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