Reply #32: There is also the fact that... [View All]

[Meshuga]

...the values and ideas learned in a specific religious upbringing (or not even necessarily religious, like in a right wing Republican household) can mold the individual to be closed minded as opposed to being closed minded by default and looking for an "attractive" home with a specific group.

The religious right is not only a home for authoritarians but for those who live with so much guilt that they need to feel as they are somehow saved from their own evil ways. They are not looking for ways to improve or become better people. Instead, they are looking for atonement and salvation so they can continue to be who they are. You know, Jesus will get their back in an afterlife as long as they "have Jesus in their hearts" as their "true savior".

The so called devout would probably shoot Jesus if he ever came back. Can you imagine their disappointment after seeing a dark skinned Middle-Eastern Jew claiming to be their messiah?