"This scale assesses the extent to which caregivers demonstrated religious behaviors during the respondent’s childhood, such as going to religious services, acting as good religious role models, and making personal sacrifices to religion."
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How exactly is "advanced mentalizing" defined? I've never heard of such a cognitive measure of anything.
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Look here for a short introhttps://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-belief-god-ability-mentalize.html …
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This makes it more slightly easier to understand intelligent people believing in Ideological rubbish as they are more exposed to it, though maybe not hugely in childhood. It suggests exposure to something is the key. I imagine parents play a role reinforcing that exposure.
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There is an obvious asymmetry: people exposed to religiosity in their youth have the opportunity to reflect critically about it and go either way. People who are given nothing in terms of religious tradition usually end up with nothing, and are rarely able to snap out of atheism.
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Interesting point.
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This is very true. Despite believing in God as a child, my parent's obvious indifference towards Christianity led me to believe it was all fake at a young age. It's great way to leave your child depressed and nihilistic.
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Sometimes I think that Timur Kuran is one of the most important social scientists, heh.
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